STAAR Vocab

Who is the audience?

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• he author’s thoughtful use of precise vocabulary to fully convey meaning to the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is Evidence?

• the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is a KEY IDEA?

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is a GENRE?

• a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion

• articulation or expression in a coherent form, either verbally or in a piece of writing

• the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is Author's Craft?

• specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work

• e author’s thoughtful use of precise vocabulary to fully convey meaning to the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is Annotating?

• word having more than one syllable

• he process of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing

• adding notes or comments to a text to mark significant features and/or personal commentary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a topic?

• a specific subject, idea, or issue that is the focus of a discussion, essay, article, or other work

• applying knowledge of letter-sound relationships in order to sound out a word

• dding notes or comments to a text to mark significant features and/or personal commentary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is a Purpose?

• the intended goal of a piece of writing; the reason a person writes

• e quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What does it mean to SYNTHESIZE?

• Thinking while you are reading and forming new ideas

• to go before someone or something

• having excellent quality

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is an Adage?

• well-known saying that expresses a common truth or general observation

• a play on words with multiple meanings, usually with a humorous effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B