English II STAAR Reading Vocab I (Semester II Exam Prep)

A conversation between 2 or more characters.

• plot

• metaphor

• dialogue

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a comparison between unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

• simile

• metaphor

• summary

• nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the sequence of events in a story

• plot

• summary

• conflict

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

when and where the story takes place

• resolution

• personification

• rising action

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a word part that can be added to the END of a word to make a new word

• prefix

• infix

• suffix

• complex

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

clues that indicate something will happen later on in the story or future

• flashback

• simile

• author's purpose

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of contents, etc.)

• text features

• 1st person point of view

• theme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

the reason a text is written: to persuade, inform, or entertain

• summary

• conflict

• main idea

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the perspective from which a story/text is told

• theme

• tone

• point of view

• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a "paragraph" of a poem

• conflict

• stanza

• line

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9