STAAR Terms

to show or point out what is not seen

• reveal

• illustrate

• convey

• indicate

to show, to make known, or point out (more than one correct answer)

• identify

• convey

• indicate

• clarify

the reason why the author wrote the text: to inform, to persuade, or to entertain

• summary

• author's purpose

• context clue

• conclusion

using clues from the story to make a reasonable guess about what will happen next

• identify

• evaluate

• describe

• predict

a true understanding; seeing clearly and deeply in the text

• clarify

• insight

• analyze

• illustrate

to retell the main parts or ideas from a text in your own words in order

In Fiction: to retell the main parts of the plot

In Informational: to retell the main idea, who, what, when, where, why

• summary

• analyze

• clarify

• evaluate

stated clearly and in detail

• evaluate

• clarify

• explicit

• describe

the power to affect or persuade

• influence

• identify

• indicate

• include

words or phrases surrounding a word that provide hints about the word's meaning

• conclusion

• illustrate

• synthesize

• context clue

to examine something carefully and to judge its value or worth

• identify

• describe

• predict

• evaluate