STAAR Question Vocabulary #1

What is the meaning of the word Affect?

• a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE

• the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play or story)

• to act on and cause a change in (someone or something)

• to figure out how it is the same/different from something else

What is the meaning of the word Unique?

• to offer or give a new idea

• to back up with proof

• be a symbol of or represent something

• being very special or unusual, unlike anything else

What is the meaning of the word Cause?

• a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE

• to act on and cause a change in (someone or something)

• the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play or story)

• to figure out how it is the same/different from something else

What is the meaning of the word Symbolize?

• be a symbol of or represent something

• being very special or unusual, unlike anything else

• to back up with proof

• to offer or give a new idea

What is the meaning of the word Climax?

• a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE

• to act on and cause a change in (someone or something)

• the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play or story)

• to figure out how it is the same/different from something else

What is the meaning of the word Support?

• being very special or unusual, unlike anything else

• be a symbol of or represent something

• to offer or give a new idea

• to back up with proof

What is the meaning of the word Compare?

• to act on and cause a change in (someone or something)

• a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE

• the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play or story)

• to figure out how it is the same/different from something else

What is the meaning of the word Suggest?

• being very special or unusual, unlike anything else

• to offer or give a new idea

• be a symbol of or represent something

• to back up with proof

What is the meaning of the word Conclude?

• to figure out how it is the same/different from something else

• the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play or story)

• to act on and cause a change in (someone or something)

• putting all the clues together to form an opinion or judgement

What is the meaning of the word Statement?

• something that you say or write in a formal way

• to offer or give a new idea

• to back up with proof

• be a symbol of or represent something