STAAR Vocabulary

Alliteration means...

• the problem in the story.

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• the turning point in the action of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Author's purpose is...

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

• in the time order in which events happened.

• contrast to tell how things are alike or the same.

• the reason the author has for writing.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Autobiography is

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

• the problem in the story.

• the literary word based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

• a story written to be performed by actors.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Captions are...

• the reason why something happens.

• the outfits the actors wear during a play.

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.

• a drawing that shows or explains something.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Chronological order means...

• in the time in which events happen.

• the part of the story which follows the climax or turning point.

• a conversation between characters set off by quotation marks.

• when a portion of the story goes back in time.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Climax is...

• what happens because of something else.

• the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

• the turning point in the action of a story.

• the problem in the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Context Clues are...

• the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

• Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word.

• the part of the story which follows the climax or turning point.

• the reason the author has for writing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Costumes are...

• a division or type of literature the specific type of text.

• poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

• a drawing that shows or explains something.

• the outfits the actors wear during a play.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Descriptive text structure is...

• clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word.

• fiction that involves an event in history.

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.

• Organizational pattern of expository text where something is described with sequence or sensory details.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Diagrams are...

• what happens because of something else.

• A drawing that shows or explains something, usually includes labels and captions.

• elaborate exaggeration

• when a portion of the story goes back in time.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7