STAAR Terms

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Emphasize

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To stress the importance of something.

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Stage Direction

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The words that give the actors instructions on what to do in a play.

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Foreshadow

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Events that will predict what will happen later in the story.

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Inference

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Background knowledge plus text evidence.

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Conflict

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Struggle between characters and events.

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Evidence

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Facts or information that support a claim or argument.

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Dialogue

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Conversation between characters in a story or play.

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Props

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Objects used on stage by actors during a performance.

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Playwright

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A person who writes plays.

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Excerpt

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A short extract from a text.