STAAR Vocabulary

A series of events in a fictional story

• Climax

• Resolution

• Plot

• Supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

An opinion that must be supported by reasons

• Metaphor

• Difference

• Main idea

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

The ideas and examples an author uses to support an argumentative claim

• Supporting Details

• Supporting Evidence

• Claim

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.SL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.1B

The reason that an author writes ( to inform, persuade, or entertain)

• Author's purpose

• Context Clues

• Main Idea

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A highly condensed version of an author's ideas and facts

• Imagery

• Summary

• Main Idea

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

A struggle or problem that sets a story in motion; can be internal or external

• Logical Fallacy

• Refrain

• Conflict

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Language that evokes the senses

• Metaphor

• Opinion

• Simile

• Sensory Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

A description saying one thing has the qualities of another thing, without using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Personification

• Refrain

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Events in the plot that build conflict, leading up to the climax of the story

• Main Idea

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

Language that is not meant to be taken literally

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

• Rhetorical Device

• Stylistic Elements

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3