STAAR Vocabulary Review Set 1

1st Person POV

• narrator speaks for themselves & usually character in story; I, my, we, our, us

• narrator speaks for others & usually the bad guy of story; they, him, what, who

• narrator speaks for no one; WWBST

• narrator speaks for themselves & others; usually not a character in the story; I, me, they, us

3rd Person Objective

• narrator tells story from their perspective; I, me, us, we

• narrator watches story, tell actions of characters; he, she, or they

• narrator knows the actions of the characters & knows the thoughts of all charcters

• narrator know the actions of the characters and only knows the thoughts of one character

3rd Person Omniscient

• narrator speaks for themselves and usually a character in the story

• narrator know the actions of the characters and only knows thoughts of one character

• narrator watches story and tells the actions of characters

• narrator know the actions of the characters and the thoughts of all the characters

3rd Person Limited

• narrator watches story, tells actions of characters

• narrator knows actions of the characters and knows the thoughts of all characters

• narrator know the actions of the characters and only knows thoughts of one character

• narrator speaks for themselves and usually character in story

to become visible​ (a)  

• appear
• apprentice
• argument
• appeal

the basic message of a nonfiction or informational text; what the passage is all about​ (a)  

• central idea
• characterization
• contrast
• census

how an author describes a character; PAIRS (Physical description, Aaction, Inner thoughts, reactions, and Speech)​ (a)  

• characterization
• character
• central idea
• conflict

to get things started; to cause to happen

• triggers

• tigers

• text evidence

• tone

what the author is trying to prove or believes to be true; the evidence that writers use to prove their point ​ (a)  

• author's claim
• author's purpose
• argument
• appear

a statement the author makes to persuade readers to agree with their permission

• opinion

• fact

• counter argument

• argument