STAAR Vocabulary

stanza

• what the story is mostly about

• author's attitude towards a subject

• a "paragraph" in a poem

• known to the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

author's purpose

• a figure, chart, or picture

• show

• to make known or understand

• why the author wrote the story: persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

express, indicate, illustrate, reflect

• show

• evidence that helps you to prove your answer

• to figure out

• come to know or understand

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

problem and solution

• what the story is mainly about

• tells about/gives information on

• part of the story

• what is happening in the story and how it is solved

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

main idea

• author's attitude towards a subject

• how things are the same

• to figure out

• what the story is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

line

• "sentence" of the poem

• how things are different

• conversation between two or more people

• struggle between characters and events

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

describe

• to figure out

• letters that slant to the right and is used to emphasize something

• a picture drawn or painted

• tell about/give information

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

determine/can tell

• come to know or understand

• to figure out

• part of the story

• show

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

realize

• how things are the same

• reason for the text

• stress the importance of something

• come to know or understand

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

contrast

• how things are the same

• what happens in the story and the result of the cause

• the overall message of the story

• how things are different

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D