STAAR Vocab Unit 3

​ (a)   means to lose hope or ready to give up.

• Despair
• Formal
• Pity
• Tense

The turning point or the most exciting part of a story is​ (a)  

• climax
• theme
• resolution
• criticism

Match the following

• to feel sorry for someone

• pity

• modest or one who does not brag

• tense

• nervous or jittery

• formal

• following rules or rituals

• despair

• to lose hope or ready to give up

• humble

Criticism means

• modest or not bragging

• to feel sorry for someone

• to find fault or passing judgment

• the central message of a story

Nervous or jittery is

My English teacher was good, but very ​ (a)   . He never joked around with us, wore a suit and tie each day, and hardly ever smiled.

• formal
• tense
• humble
• influential

We had _______for Sharice after her pants ripped, she was wrongly accused of

cheating, and she fell down in front of the whole class. We felt so sorry for her!

• despair

• criticism

• pity

• theme

It was _______________ at the dinner table last night. Mom found out that Lionel had failed

out of college and that Denise had skipped church in order to meet her boyfriend. Nobody

talked or laughed throughout the whole meal.

• pity

• formal

• humble

• tense

The _________________ of the story occurs when the problem is solved.

• influential

• climax

• theme

• resolution

After being lost in the woods for three days, we had a feeling of _________________. We

didn't see how anyone could find us so deep in the woods.

• despair

• tense

• humble

• pity