Reading STAAR Vocabulary

Two circles that overlap each other to show how a text is similar and different 

• genre
• main idea
• stanza
• Venn diagram 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

• exaggerate
• theme
• free verse
• sequence

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The ending or final outcome of a story

• setting
• resolution
• related
• captions

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A drawing that shows or explains something (usually includes labels and captions) 

• diagrams
• suggests
• differ
• drama

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The events that make up a story

• result
• prefix
• plot
• fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Fiction that involves an event in HISTORY.  Contains historical facts, events, or people, but it is NOT true. 

• summarize
• historical fiction
• resolution
• realistic fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Writing that is factual, not creative or fictional. 

• opinion
• conflict
• nonfiction
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Language that means more than what it says on the surface; usually give us a feeling about its subject. 

• persuasive
• illustration
• free verse
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The outcome of an experiment or problem

• plot
• result
• related
• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Effect = The problem in the story. 

• True 
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3