STAAR Reading Test Vocabulary

analogy

• compare using like or as

• compare and contrast

• compare using relationships

• personal view

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

personal view (adjectives and emotions)

• evidence

• opinion

• fact

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

disprove (prove wrong)

• premise

• refute

• conflict

• approve

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

struggle or problem between characters or a character and the situation

• conflict

• summary

• mood

• tension

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

creates uncertainty (horror and suspense)

• mood

• foreshadow

• conflict

• tension

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

represent something else (tree=you)

• symbolize

• analogy

• main idea

• premise

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

evidence

• author's opinion

• facts to support the author's claim

• crime scene

• the central topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

theme

• the me

• central topic (power of friendship)

• why the author wrote it

• PIE

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

mood

• how the reader feels

• how the characters feel

• how the author feels

• how Mrs. Wright feels

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

summary

• main idea

• PIE

• BME problem and solution

• central message

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2