Frequently Used Words in STAAR Questions

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Selection

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the story

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Dictionary entry

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different definitions of the same word

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reason

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the why/the cause

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Conflict

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The problem

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Plot

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the sequence of events in a story

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What is a theme?

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the message of a story

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infer

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to come to a conclusion based on clues from the text and what you already know

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claim

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the author's viewpoint on a certain topic

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paraphrase

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taking the author's words and putting them into your own words

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conclude

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to decide/to judge