STAAR Review Terms

Description comparing one thing to another using "like or as".

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A group of lines within a poem.

• Stanza

• paragraphs

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

A struggle or problem that sets a story in motion.

• climax

• conflict

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A smaller version of the story

• inference

• summary

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

The author's most important overall point

• main idea

• summary

• fact

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

Describing saying one thing has the qualities of another thing, without using like or as

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Other words or information in a passage that help the reader understand the meaning of an unknown word

• vocabulary word

• context clues

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

The turning point in the plot of the story, sometimes described as the most exciting part of the story.

• climax

• conflict

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

An opinion that must be supported by reasons

• resolution

• climax

• argument

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The ending of the story wrapping up the conflict and reveals the theme.

• exposition

• resolution

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9