STAAR Vocabulary

What is passage another word for?

• section

• part

• selection

• line

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

When the author conveys, this means they are...

• trying to tell you something

• trying to predict something

• trying to show you foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

When the author is trying to make something more clear, they are trying to...

• infer

• predict

• conclude

• emphasize

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

"It's raining cats and dogs"

The author is trying to show an...

• comparison

• exaggeration

• emphasize

• example

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

I tell you about the characters actions and feelings, but you can't see me...Who am I?

• author

• Narrator

• secondary character

• main character

The result is all EXCEPT...

• similar to cause

• the outcome

• the conclusion

• the end product

Which mean to highlight-

• to emphasize

• to make clear

• to stress

• all the above

Conclude also means...

• the effect

• to compare

• to convey

• to infer

The theme of a story can teach a lesson to...

• the main character

• the reader

• both

• neither

What do stage directions do for the actor?

• tell them what to say

• tell them where to go

• tell them how to feel

• all of the above