STAAR ELAR Vocabulary Review

Front

Using clues from the story, plus what you already know, to figure out what is not being said.

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Inference

Front

Words that SOUND the same but have different meanings

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Homophones

Front

A type of writing that appeals to the senses and feelings, has lines and stanzas, it may rhyme or tell a story.

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Poetry

Front

Proving a point or an answer by finding evidence from the story to support it

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Text Evidence

Front

The people, animals, or creatures in a story

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Characters

Front

A word that carries meaning and can stand on its own without any added word parts

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Root Word

Front

Clues that readers use to find the meaning of unknown words

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Context Clues

Front

A short explanation or description of a picture located near the picture

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Caption

Front

What is added to the end of a base word to change its meaning?

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Suffix

Front

An extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole