STAAR Prep Vocab Review

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What is Author's Purpose?

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Why the author wrote the selection.

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What does 'Third Person Point of View' mean?

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The story is told by someone OUTSIDE the story.

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What does a selection mean?

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The whole passage.

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What is Revising SCR?

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A type of response where you have to rewrite and make corrections to a provided sentence or set of sentences.

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What is a section in a passage?

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Part of a passage.

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What is a genre?

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A category of literature, such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.

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What is a character in a story?

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A person, animal, or figure represented in a story.

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What is a setting in a story?

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The time and place where the story occurs.

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What is a plot?

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The sequence of events that make up a story.

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What is a theme?

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The main idea or underlying message of a story.