STAAR Review guide

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Use print or digital resources to determine a word’s meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, origin, and part of speech.

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Resources help us understand words through dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses, and websites.

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Correct way to say a word aloud.

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Pronunciation

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Origin of a word.

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Word origin refers to where a word comes from originally.

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A prefix.

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A prefix is a word part that comes before a word to change or add to its meaning.

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A suffix.

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A suffix is a word part that comes after a word to change or add to its meaning.

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Meaning of the prefix "trans-".

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"Trans-" means "across" (e.g., transport).

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Meaning of the suffix "-ology".

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"-ology" means "study of" (e.g., biology).

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An inference.

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

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Main point in a text.

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Key ideas

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Details in a text.

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Details are the small pieces of information that support the key ideas.