STAAR Test Question Vocabulary

The reason the author wrote the piece

• PREFIX

• DETERMINE

• AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

• PERSUADE

To reach a decision or opinion about

• conclude

• organize

• differ

• identify

To tell or make known to the reader

• detect

• convey

• justify

• sensory language

To give special attention to

• determine

• prefix

• differ

• emphasize

To judge something

• prefix

• suggest

• evaluate

• visualize

To describe with detail

• detect

• illustrate

• indicate

• author's purpose

To come to an opinion by reasoning from facts or observations

• infer

• convey

• suggest

• enhance

To prove; to show that something is right

• organize

• contribute

• detect

• justify

To try to get others to believe what you are saying

• identify

• persuade

• evaluate

• conclue

Adding letters to the beginning of a word to adjust the meaning

• conclude

• determine

• prefix

• contribute