STAAR Words 1-13

What is the term for "the problem in the story"?

• Resolution

• Main Idea

• Conflict

• Summary

What does "Resolution" refer to in a story?

• The main events from the beginning, middle, and end of a story

• How the problem is solved or fixed, the ending or final outcome of the story

• A type of writing that tells how to do something, usually using "sequential order" as its text structure

• Small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

What is a "Main Idea"?

• A type of literature

• A short paragraph that tells the main events from the beginning, middle, and end of a story

• What a piece of writing (or paragraph) is mainly about

• When an author uses clues to help the reader figure out what events will happen later in the plot

What is a "Summary"?

• A type of writing that tells how to do something, usually using "sequential order" as its text structure

• A short paragraph that tells the main events from the beginning, middle, and end of a story

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• A dialogue between two characters, quotation marks are placed around what is being said

What does "Procedural" mean in terms of writing?

• A type of writing that tells how to do something, usually using "sequential order" as its text structure

• A short paragraph that tells the main events from the beginning, middle, and end of a story

• A type of literature

• Small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

What does "Convey" mean in the context of storytelling?

• To prove, to show something is right

• To use clues from the text to draw a conclusion

• To tell

• To use clues to help the reader figure out what events will happen later in the plot

What is "Foreshadow" in a story?

• A type of literature

• A dialogue between two characters, quotation marks are placed around what is being said

• When an author uses clues to help the reader figure out what events will happen later in the plot

• Small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

What does it mean to "Infer" in reading?

• To use clues from the text to draw a conclusion

• To tell

• To prove, to show something is right

• A type of literature

What is the purpose of "Context clues" in a text?

• A type of literature

• A dialogue between two characters, quotation marks are placed around what is being said

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• Small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

What is "Genre" in relation to literature?

• A type of literature

• A dialogue between two characters, quotation marks are placed around what is being said

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• Small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture