STAAR Vocabulary Review

What is the Author's Purpose?

• a true and factual story of someone's life written by someone else

• the reason something happens such as an event or actions

• The reason an author wrote a passage

• telling how things are alike or similar

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is a Heading?

• a graphic that shows the sequence of steps in a process, typically with boxes, circles, and arrows

• the point in a story when the conflict begins to be resolved

• the short titles above sections of text, usually in bold print, and contain the main idea of the section

• a drawing of photograph relating to the text

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does it mean to infer or to make an inference?

• The reason an author wrote a passage

• a graphic that shows the sequence of steps in a process, typically with boxes, circles, and arrows

• summarizing the text just read in your own words

• using clues in the story and your prior knowledge to make an educated guess

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is the Plot?

• In fiction, the narrator’s outlook in relation to the story.

• the sequence of events in fiction or drama.

• A text that is written in steps to be able to complete a task

• The information, beliefs, ideas, and experiences you have had.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is the Resolution?

• The biggest part of a story, when the character is trying to resolve the problem.

• The ending of a story, when the conflict is resolved.

• A portion of a play that takes place in one location. Many scenes make up an act.

• bthe sequence of events in fiction or drama.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a scene?

• The pattern formed by the end rhymes.

• A resolution to a conflict or a way to overcome difficulties.

• A portion of a play that takes place in one location. Many scenes make up an act. One scene = one setting

• The biggest part of a story, when the character is trying to resolve the problem.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is Rhyme Scheme?

• A affix added to the end of a root word to change the meaning.

• A portion of a play that takes place in one location. Many scenes make up an act. One scene = one setting

• Words that have similar meanings

• The pattern formed by the end rhymes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Theme?

• The lesson, moral, or central message of a literary work

• A quality or personality descriptor that defines a character.

• When a character struggles with something outside of themselves.

• Clues that help you predict what will happen later in the text.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is Foreshadowing?

• Clues that help you predict what will happen later in the text.

• A portion of a play that takes place in one location. Many scenes make up an act. One scene = one setting

• the sequence of events in fiction or drama.

• The pattern formed by the end rhymes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What of these is NOT a real Point of View (POV)?

• First Person: I

• Second Person: You

• Third Person: He, She, It

• Third Person: Us, We

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D