8th Grade Rock STAAR Vocabulary

The struggle or problem in the story that a character MUST resolve

• persuasion

• point of view

• conflict

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Where and when the story takes place

• resolution

• setting

• chronological order

• summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the central idea or message of a work, the insight or "life lesson" it gives the reader

• theme

• autobiography

• literal language

• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A brief statement of the main events in a story

• biography

• narrator

• summary

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The time order in which events happen

• chronological order

• falling action

• 3rd person

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

used to convince or persuade the reader to agree with the writer's point of view

• words

• persuasion

• point of view

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena

• autobiography

• exposition

• climax

• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The story of a person's life, written by that person in 1st person point of view

• metaphor

• foreshadow

• autobiography

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

the perspective from which a story is told

• flashback

• alliteration

• dialogue

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

told from the viewpoint of the narrator within the story, using pronouns "I" and "We"

• 3rd person point of view

• 1st person point of view

• autobiography

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6