STAAR Academic Vocabulary

demonstrate

• to show; to display; to explain; to prove

• give special importance to something in speaking or writing

• to bring a memory, feeling, image into the mind

• to tell or show with more detail so someone can better understand

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

emphasize

• to need; to make necessary

• to show or tell your ideas or feelings

• to back up with proof

• give special importance to something in speaking or writing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

evoke

• to offer or give a new idea

• probably more likely than not

• to need; to make necessary

• to bring a memory, feeling, or image into the mind

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

explain

• to tell or show with more detail so someone can better understand

• to have or include someone or something as a part of something

• understood, but not put into words

• to offer or give a new idea

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

express/ expressed

• be a symbol of or represent something

• to show or tell your ideas or feelings

• to back up with proof

• probably; more likely than not

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.RF.K.3C

highlight

• to offer or give a new idea

• to show off an important point of the story or character; to emphasize

• to give examples in order to make something easier to understand; to show; to explain

• probably; more likely than not

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

illustrate

• to need; to make necessary

• to form an opinion from evidence; to reach a conclusion based on known facts

• to give examples in order to make something easier to understand; to show; to explain

• ta passage taken from a book, article, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

involve

• to have or include someone or something as a part of something

• probably; more likely than not

• to back up with proof

• be a symbol of or represent something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

require

• almost the same as something else

• a passage taken from a book, article, etc.

• to need; to make necessary

• to know; you can point it out in the story

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

similar

• most important

• how it's different from something else

• to stand for something

• almost the same as something else

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C