STAAR Vocab Review

Conclude

The Reading STAAR test is

Words/phrases around a certain word that helps the reader understand the meaning of that word

To communicate by statement; to show

Words that are shown in slanted writing, usually to identify titles or emphasized writing

So clear in a statement (easy to find) that there is no doubt about the meaning

Grouped lines in a poem (think of them as paragraphs

The overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; usually a repeated idea

Written conversation between characters and identifiable by quotation marks

The protagonist is the ___________________ of a literary work.

Tone

To summarize fiction, use

Infer

What the author wants the reader to believe about the subject of their writing can help find

Extended Metaphor

To find similarities

Argument

Cause & Effect, Sequencing, Problem-Solution, and Chronological Order are all examples of

To talk about; to consider carefully and openly by reasoning or argument

Simile

Rhythm

Hyperbole

Before you begin reading a passage, you should identify the

To respond is to

Mood

To summarize nonfiction, use

Bolded headings found within an expository text

Why the person wrote what they wrote

To be unlike or distinct in characteristics; to be opposite of opinion

The word suggest used in a question usually means to

To find differences

What the passage is mostly about; the overall idea

An expression that cannot be understood from the meaning of its separate words

The representation of a thing or idea as a person or with human characteristics

The __________ is a character of force in conflict with a main character.

A hidden meaning that is understood but not put clearly into words

This is usually the longest piece of a plot

A smaller section of a larger piece of work; one paragraph from an entire novel

Words are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true

To emphasize means to

Conflict