STAAR ELAR Vocabulary Review

Using clues from the story,

plus what you already know,

to figure out what is not

being said

• Cause

• Inference

• Synonym

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Words that SOUND the same but have different meanings

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Homophones

• Root Words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

A type of writing that appeals to

the senses and feelings, has lines

and stanzas, it may rhyme or tell a

story

• Nonfiction

• Biography

• Drama

• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Proving a point or an answer by

finding evidence from the story to

support it

• Drama

• Autobiography

• Fiction

• Text Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The people, animals, or creatures

in a story

• Setting

• Solution

• Characters

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A word that carries meaning and

can stand

on its own without any added

word parts

• Root Word

• Prefix

• Antonym

• Suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Clues that readers use to find the

meaning of unknown words

• Context Clues

• Text feature

• Narrator

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A short explanation or description

of a picture located near the

picture

• Main Idea

• Caption

• Summary

• Detail

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Added to the end of a base word

to change its meaning

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root Word

• Synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

An extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A