STAAR Vocabulary Week 2

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Opinion

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A statement that cannot be proven true because it tells how a person feels about something

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Purpose

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The reason why something is done

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Effect

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What happens as a result

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Fact

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Something that is true and can be proven

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Main Idea

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What the overall idea of a paragraph or a text is about

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Summary

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To restate the main points of a text

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Point of View

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The narrator’s position in relation to the story being told

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Problem/Solution

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A pattern of nonfiction text in which the situation is presented in a way that needs a solution

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Sequential Order

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A pattern of nonfiction text in which ideas are presented step by step

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Chronological Order

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A pattern of fiction text in which ideas are presented in the order they occurred in the story