STAAR Vocabulary

What is the meaning of Suggest?

• To Ask

• to do something with power

• To tell in an indirect way

• to refuse

Which answer correctly uses the word Convey?

• The convey store was on the third block in my neighborhood.

• Please convey that work once a week.

• Mr. Williams conveyed his message to the audience last week.

• I will convey her to do what I want.

Theme is best described as____________

• love from a poet

• Message or lesson learned

• main idea

• summary

Emphasize means to ____________

• hold on to something tightly

• to give importance to

• to hide

• a bright color

tell what is the same about two or more things

• compare

• contrast

• cause

• effect

to take what you read plus what you know and make a conclusion

• predict

• clarify

• infer

• compare

I tell you about the characters actions and feelings, but you can't see me...Who am I?

• author

• Narrator

• secondary character

• main character

Which of the following mean to highlight?

• to emphasize

• to make clear

• to stress

• all the above

Conclude also means...

• the effect

• to compare

• to convey

• to infer

What do stage directions do for the actor?

• tell them what to say

• tell them where to go

• tell them how to feel

• all of the above