Academic Vocabulary STAAR

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What does it mean to compare?

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To show how things are alike or similar.

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What does the word 'concerned' mean?

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Troubled by.

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What does it mean to support your answer?

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To back up your answer with details from your own experience or details from the text (evidence).

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What is evidence in a text?

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Support from the text to back up your ideas, inferences, or conclusions; proof.

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What is dialogue?

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A conversation between/amongst characters.

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What does it mean to contrast?

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To show how things are different.

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What is a summary?

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A brief statement of the main points of a text.

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What does it mean to analyze?

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To examine something in detail to understand it better.

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What is a strategy?

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A plan of action designed to achieve a specific goal.

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What does it mean to persuade?

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To convince someone to do or believe something.