STAAR Voc Info Text

sentence structure in which the subject performs the action of the verb (e.g., The dog bit the boy.), rather than being acted upon (e.g., The boy was bitten by the dog.)

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

the use of the same verb tense throughout a sentence, paragraph, or essay. Shifting from one verb tense to another should be done only

when demonstrating a shift in time.

• PASSIVE VOICE

• ACTIVE VOICE

• CONSISTENT TENSE

• INCONSISTENT TENSE

any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning

• PRIMARY SOURCE

• TEXT/PRINT FEATURE

• INQUIRY

• ESSAY

 the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text  

• TEXT/PRINT FEATURE

• RESEARCH PLAN

• TEXT STRUCTURE

• INFOMATIONAL TEXT

​ (a)   restate the meaning of something in different words. This alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.​

• PARAPHRASE
• SUMMARIZE
• PLAGIARIZE

a source that is a step removed from the original accounts of an event or experience​ (a)  

• SECONDARY SOURCE
• PRIMARY SOURCE
• CREDIBLE SOURCE

a timeline created around the research process that identifies the initial steps needed to find accurate, significant, and relevant sources to support the

topic of inquiry or working thesis, intermediary steps of reevaluating the research question and revising the thesis based on source analysis, and the final steps of drafting

(or equivalent preparation), revision, editing, and presenting results in an appropriate mode of delivery (written, oral, or multimodal)

• CREDIBLE SOURCE

• EDITING

• INQUIRY

• RESEARCH PLAN

a source from the time in which an event being studied occurred and created by someone who was present at the event

• RELIABLE SOURCE

• SECONDARY SOURCE

• PRIMARY SOURCE

a credible or believable source. 

Some questions to evaluate credibility might be: Is the author a respected authority on the subject?

Does the author support opinions with strong argumentation and reasoning? How current is the information?

• RELIABLE SOURCE

• PRIMARY SOURCE

• SECONDARY SOURCE

the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing; a controlling idea makes the reader ask a question that will be answered by reading more or helps the reader understand the author’s purpose for writing the paragraph or essay

• CONTROLLING IDEA/THESIS

• KEY IDEA

• TEXT STRUCTURE