STAAR Vocabulary Quiz

1. Significant

• A) expensive
• B) important or special
• C) jolting

2. Contribute

• F) support, help out
• G) to be lazy or helpless
• H) judgmental

3. Convey

• A) conceal, withhold
• B) discourage, deny
• C) to tell or communicate

4. Develop

• F) discourage, deny
• G) to make, build, or create
• H) starve

5. Suggest

• A) to imply, indirectly state
• B) directly state
• C) to make or create

6. Support

• A) to imply
• B) to help out
• C) deny or dispute

7. Infer/Inference

• F) to understand what an author says without directly saying it
• G) denying that something occurred
• H) something directly stated within the text

8. Characteristics

• A) characters in a play
• B) character emotions
• C) a characters traits; who they are

9. Organizational Patterns

• A) text evidence
• B) text features
• C) text structure

10. Demonstrate

• A) to create or make
• B) to help out
• C) to show or reveal