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6th grade STAAR Vocabulary Review
6th grade STAAR Vocabulary Review
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Vocabulary and Skills to know to be successful on STAAR
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Mood
a moral or lesson
The author's attitude toward the subject
The feeling creating by a literary work or passage.
A phrase not to be taken literally
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The author's message is also known as...
conflict
summary
theme
point of view
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How do you identify the CLIMAX of a fictional story?
Things go from good to bad or bad to good
The character decides to face their conflict
The story begins to change.
All of these are indicators of the climax
4
What is FALLING ACTION?
point where suspense builds up
point where the story starts to tie up loose ends
The part where the conflict is finally faced
The conflict is solved and the story is finished
5
"These books weigh a ton!"
Personification
Sensory Language
Hyperbole
Imagery
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What does "put a lid on it" mean?
to be quiet in the hallway
To put a lid on the pot
to be quiet, or to stop
to put a lid on the container
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Opinions are based on...
A person's beliefs
All of these
A person's feelings
A person's thoughts
8
"The fire swallowed the entire forest" is an example of which type of figurative language?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
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Chronological
Events and the reason they happen.
Clear problem and solution.
Events arranged in order of time.
Order of events from most important to least important.
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What is the one thing Ms. Huggins always says you must have when answering questions?
X's and check marks
Faith!
TEXT EVIDENCE!
Knowledge!
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration to make a point
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Comparison not using like or as
Comparison using like or as
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Identify "bits of information from the text that helps you decide the meaning of unknown words"
Annotate
Background information
Context Clues
Inference
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What specific information will you find ONLY in Third Person Omniscient POV?
The thoughts and feelings of every character
The thoughts and feelings of the main character
The conflict of the character
The main character is telling the story
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Define "Imagery"
supports main idea
words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
comparing two things using like or as
the artful and purposeful use of language
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Which of the following help you discover the theme?
Feelings and thoughts of main character
What the main character learns
Character changes throughout the story
All of these help us figure out the theme!
16
Why should you read stage directions carefully?
They tell us how characters should act
All of these are reasons to read stage directions carefully
They give us insight as to how the character is feeling
They explain the setting
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Which will help you recognize a fact?
word that determine judgement, such as wonderful
words that determine a viewpoint, such as sometimes, always
words that determine feelings, such as I believe
words that provide dates & statistics such as, on this day
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Tone
Attitude of the author toward the audience and characters.
It is how the story makes the reader feel.
Attitude of the characters toward the author.
Attitude of the chapters to the index.
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The most intense part of the story
Conclusion
Turning Point/Climax
Resolution
Falling Action
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Do nonfiction texts have figurative language?
No!
Yes!
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Define "Indicate" (ex. "The actions of the character indicate that:)
determines
influences
to point out or show
supports
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Alliteration
Repetition of vowel sounds.
Comparison using like or as.
Human characteristics for non human things.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
23
What word means "words that may not literally mean what they say"?
Mood
Opinion
Idiom
Imagery
24
Define the word "ARGUMENT" as it pertains to persuasive text
a fight
the authors belief and main idea
a debate
a written disagreement
25
Which word means "retelling the main ideas or key events"
main idea
summarizing
paraphrasing
inferencing
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Define "inference"
using background knowledge to come to a conclusion
a guess based on text evidence
background knowledge + text evidence
a logical conclusion based on text evidence
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Which point of view uses "mine, myself, we, us, etc."?
First Person
First Person Omniscient
Third Person Omniscient
Third Person
28
"Setting, characters, inciting incident and conflict are introduced"
Rising Action
Conflict
Expository
Exposition
29
What is a "fable"?
a form of literature meant to be performed
a brief tale told to teach a lesson
A story that answers questions about human nature, the world
A story that has been passed down from generation
30
Define "foreshadowing"
to point out
hints that suggest future events in the story
facts found in the story
to predict
31
Which of the following is an opinion?
A compact car is better to own because it uses less gas
My moms car gets 25 miles per gallon
32
When choosing the best SUMMARY, check that the answer contains events from the...
Middle and climax of the story
end of the story
beginning of the story
beginning, middle and end of the story
33
Why do author's use figurative language?
All of these
To help describe the setting
To help describe how a character looks
To describe the personality of characters
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Stanzas
a group of lines in a poem
a paragraph in a biography
a group of words in a poem
the rhyme scheme in a poem
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Which drama element represents the accent or slang a character uses?
dialect
stage directions
character
dialogue
