STAAR Vocabulary

Front

The protagonist in a story experiences a change during the --
Options: rising action, falling action, climax/turning point, resolution

Back

climax/turning point

Front

What is a hyperbole?

Back

an exaggeration to show strong feeling and effect

Front

An organizational pattern is . . .

Back

the way a text is organized

Front

What is main idea?

Back

what a text is mostly or mainly about

Front

theme

Back

message

Front

What does infer mean?

Back

to make a conclusion by using prior knowledge and evidence

Front

The speaker of a poem is...

Back

narrator

Front

What is personification?

Back

giving human-like qualities to non-human things

Front

Which of the following is an example of a text feature?

• caption
• Venn Diagram
• compare and contrast
• timeline

Back

caption

Front

What is a refrain?

Back

phrase, line, or group of lines repeated throughout a poem