STAAR Vocabulary

The word JUSTIFY MOST NEARLY means:

• To prove; to show that something is right

• To try to get others to believe what you are saying

• To form a mental image of

• To decide something important

• words or phrases that appeal to your 5 senses

The word DEMONSTRATE MOST NEARLY means:

• To form a mental image of

• To arrange things

• To show how to do something clearly

• To locate or find something; to point it out

• To persuade someone to do something

The word SENSORY LANGUAGE MOST NEARLY means:

• To persuade someone to do something

• To cause someone to think about something

• To judge something

• words or phrases that appeal to your 5 senses

• The reason the author wrote the piece

The word EVALUATE MOST NEARLY means:

• To show how to do something clearly

• To come to an opinion by reasoning from facts or observations

• To show something that isn’t the same

• To judge something

• To locate or find something; to point it out

The word ILLUSTRATE MOST NEARLY means:

• To persuade someone to do something

• To judge something

• To show something that isn’t the same

• To form a mental image of

• To describe with detail

The word CONTRIBUTE MOST NEARLY means:

• To show something that isn’t the same

• to give or supply something

• To increase or make greater

• The reason the author wrote the piece

• To try to get others to believe what you are saying

The word CONVEY MOST NEARLY means:

• To arrange things

• To tell or make known to the reader

• to give or supply something

• To judge something

• To locate or find something; to point it out

The word PERSUADE MOST NEARLY means:

• To decide something important

• words or phrases that appeal to your 5 senses

• To try to get others to believe what you are saying

• To form a mental image of

• To point out or show

The word DETECT MOST NEARLY means:

• To persuade someone to do something

• To come to an opinion by reasoning from facts or observations

• To discover or identify something

• To give special attention to

• To describe with detail

The word DETERMINE MOST NEARLY means:

• To decide something important

• To form a mental image of

• To come to an opinion by reasoning from facts or observations

• To reach a decision or opinion about

• To give special attention to