STAAR Review 6th Grade

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What is the narrator in a story?

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The person who is telling the story.

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What is a context clue?

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Word or words that are hints to tell you the meaning of part of the text.

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What type of context clues use similar words to help with the meaning of an unknown word?

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Synonyms.

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What is the author of a story?

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The person who wrote the story.

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What type of clues compare something opposite?

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Antonyms.

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Define 'synonym'.

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

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Define 'antonym'.

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A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is an example of a context clue?

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A word or phrase in a sentence that helps you understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word.