STAAR Strategies Grade 3

A "paragraph" in a poem

• main idea

• theme

• stanza

• narrative

Means the opposite

• synonym
• antonym
• theme
• main idea

The reason something happens in the story and the outcome of what has happened

• cause and effect
• theme
• bold print
• character traits

poetry that has characters, a setting, and a plot and tells a story

• rhyming poetry
• lyrical poetry
• humorous poetry
• narrative poetry

the order of events in a story

• theme
• main idea
• character traits
• sequence

an illustration that shows the parts of something or how something works

• bold print
• diagram
• stanza
• conclude

a shortened version of a story that covers the beginning, middle, and end

Fiction: S, W, B, S, T

Nonfiction: BME

• character traits

• antonym

• synonym

• summary

means the same

• synonym
• antonym
• cause & effect
• theme

darker print that shows important words

• bold print
• character traits
• footnote
• diagram

Taking your background knowledge + what you have read in the passage = _______________. Sometimes the question stem will say "The reader can conclude...."

• supporting details

• sequence

• narrative

• drawing conclusions