STAAR PREP

– an educated guess made by connecting what you read with what you already know

• Inference

• Draw Conclusion

• Predictions

• Synthesize

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

______- the series of events that take place in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

the problem in the story that the main character needs to face; it may be internal (man versus himself) or external (man versus man, man versus nature, or man versus society)

• exposition

• Conflict

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

the part of the plot where the characters face challenges and obstacles that intensify the conflict, building toward the climax

• Plot

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

– the most exciting part where the characters face the biggest challenge or make an important decision that greatly impacts the way the conflict is resolved

• Climax

• Resolution

• Flashback

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

– the part of the plot following the climax where loose ends are tied up prior to the resolution

• Resolution

• Flashback

• Falling Action

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

– the end of the story where the conflict is resolved in one way or another

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Plot

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

– the author pauses the story to describe something that happened earlier so that readers better understand what's happening right now or will happen later in the story

• Plot

• Flashback

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

– the big idea or lesson you learn from a story; the message the author wants to share with you (Treat others as you want to be treated. Honesty is the best policy.

• Inference

• Theme

• Moral

• Author's Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

– why the author wrote the text (to inform, entertain, explain, persuade, describe, etc.); the reason an author included certain elements

• Author's Purpose

• Inference

• Text Evidence

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3