6th Grade STAAR Vocabulary

The beat of a poem

• Rhythm

• Rhyme scheme

• Theme

• Poetry

The more important part of a story

• Act

• Plot

• Climax

• Effect

Why the author writes the story

• Drama

• Assure

• Cast

• Author's purpose

A group of actors

• Cast

• Fact

• Cause

• Detect

A type of literature

• Fantasy

• Genre

• Reveal

• Scene

A group of lines within a poem

• Setting

• Theme

• Simile

• Stanza

To point out or show

• Poetry

• Fact

• Indicate

• Genre

Same starting sound

• Rhyme scheme

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Visualize

What happens ; result

• Effect

• Fact

• Cause

• Hyperbole

A large section of a play

• Setting

• Scene

• Cast

• Act