STAAR Vocabulary Quiz

What does it mean to analyze something?

• To draw a conclusion based on evidence or reasoning rather than explicit statements.

• To examine something in detail and uncover its parts, relationships, and key characteristics.

• To give a brief statement that covers the main points or ideas of something.

• To assess or judge the value, quality, or importance of something based on specific criteria.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the meaning of evaluate?

• To assess or judge the value, quality, or importance of something based on specific criteria.

• The main idea, message, or lesson conveyed in a work of literature or other art forms.

• The process of creating and developing a character in a story, including their traits and personality.

• To give a brief statement that covers the main points or ideas of something.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What does it mean to infer?

• The perspective from which a story is told.

• To explain or understand the meaning of something such as a text, action, or situation.

• The struggle or opposition between two or more forces in a story or narrative.

• To establish or conclude something by calculation, investigation, or reasoning.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a prediction?

• A statement about what might happen in the future based on evidence or information.

• The time, place, and environment in which a story takes place.

• Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

• To assess or judge the value, quality, or importance of something based on specific criteria.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What does it mean to interpret?

• To establish or conclude something by calculation, investigation, or reasoning.

• To assess or judge the value, quality, or importance of something based on specific criteria.

• To explain or understand the meaning of something.

• To give a brief statement that covers the main points or ideas of something.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What does it mean to summarize?

• To give a brief statement that covers the main points or ideas of something.

• To draw a conclusion based on evidence or reasoning rather than explicit statements.

• To examine something in detail and uncover its parts, relationships, and key characteristics.

• The perspective from which a story is told.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What does the term "Determine" refer to?

• The process of creating and developing a character in a story, including their traits and personality.

• To establish or conclude something by calculation, investigation, or reasoning.

• The main idea, message, or lesson conveyed in a work of literature or other art forms.

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the definition of "Theme" in literature?

• The perspective from which a story is told.

• The main idea, message, or lesson conveyed in a work of literature or other art forms.

• To examine something in detail and uncover its parts, relationships, and key characteristics.

• The struggle or opposition between two or more forces in a story or narrative.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What does "Characterization" mean?

• The main idea, message, or lesson conveyed in a work of literature or other art forms.

• The struggle or opposition between two or more forces in a story or narrative.

• The process of creating and developing a character in a story, including their traits and personality.

• Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the meaning of "Conflict" in a narrative?

• The struggle or opposition between two or more forces in a story or narrative.

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

• Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

• The main idea, message, or lesson conveyed in a work of literature or other art forms.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D