ENGLISH STAAR VOCABULARY

ENGLISH STAAR VOCABULARY

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English

10th Grade

Easy

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Pamela Ramos

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1.

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Front

Tone

Back

The author’s attitude towards the topic, such as critical, objective, optimistic, angry, or nostalgic.

2.

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Front

Inference or infer

Back

An educated guess made by connecting what you read with what you already know.

3.

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Front

Paraphrase

Back

To express the author’s ideas in a different way.

4.

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Front

Summarize

Back

To describe the most important parts from a larger piece of text.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Character Foil

Back

A character who serves as a contrast to the main character to highlight their qualities or traits.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Oxymoron

Back

A figure of speech in which seemingly opposite words are used together to create new meaning (e.g., jumbo shrimp).

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Sarcasm

Back

The use of irony in order to mock or insult.

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