STAAR Review Vocabulary

(v.) to finish; to bring something to an end; to decide after careful thought

• imply
• represent
• conclude
• convey

add to; enchance

• imply
• reveal
• contribute
• interpret

to communicate

• convey
• emphasize
• clarify
• interpret

to give special attention to something, to stress

• foreshadow
• contribute
• emphasize
• reveal

(n.) a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; (v.) to take such a a passage; to quote

• incident
• role
• excerpt
• primary

an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

• imply
• foreshadow
• suspense
• reveal

to suggest a meaning

• reveal
• interpret
• imply
• clarify

something that happens in real life or in a story; an event, often of little importance

• incident
• role
• conclude
• primary

explain the meaning of

• conclude
• emphasize
• interpret
• reveal

most important

• excerpt
• primary
• suspense
• emphasize