STAAR Vocabulary Review Test

The narrator is

• the person telling the story

• the point of view

• the summary

Similar to means

• opposite

• same or alike

• contrast

Word origin means

• the beginning of a word

• where a word was first used, Greek or Latin

• how a word is used

Informational text summary includes

• Beginning, Middle, End

• Central Idea

• Supporting Details

• All of the above

Fictional text summary includes

• Characters, Setting, Conflict, and Resolution

• Rising Action

• Climax

Supporting Details are

• Central Ideas

• Action

• Details that prove the Central Idea

An article is usually

• Fictional

• Found in a newspaper, magazine, or online

• very short

To observe is to

• look away

• look closely

• forgo

Main Message is

• the lesson or moral in a fictional story

• the theme

• the resolution

To infer is

• thinking about something

• reading what the author says and adding it to your knowledge to make a conclusion

• looking up information