Staar vocabulary

What is the meaning of Suggest?

• To Ask

• to do something with power

• To tell in an indirect way

• to refuse

Which answer correctly uses the word Convey?

• The convey store was on the third block in my neighborhood.

• Please convey that work once a week.

• Mr. Williams conveyed his message to the audience last week.

• I will convey her to do what I want.

Which is the best meaning of Figurative Language?

• Figurative language is smart language

• It is used in poetry to get a point across(similes and metaphors)

• Everything we read contains figurative language

• Figurative language is the most advanced language in the world. Use it everyday!

The playwright__________

• is a character in a play

• speaks a play

• loves a play

• writes a play

Dialogue______________

• 1 person talking to a large group

• only when 2 sisters are talking

• A conversation between people

• when a dog barks loudly

Theme is best described as____________

• love from a poet

• Message or lesson learned

• main idea

• summary

Emphasize means to ____________

• hold on to something tightly

• to give importance to

• to hide

• a bright color

an Author's attitude is

• the way the reader feels in the mornings and evenings

• The author's feelings about the subject he is writing about.

• the thing that got the author into trouble in school

• the way the author speaks up for himself and others

to make a claim in a reading passage is to _______

• prove something

• to laugh out loud

• state that something is true

• to suggest that you are doing the right thing

the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about

• cause

• main idea

• setting

• theme