STAAR Vocabulary

What does infer mean? 

• use a dictionary to find the answer
• make a guess based on what you read 
• note what you know
• play with your dog

the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about

• cause

• main idea

• setting

• theme

life lesson, meaning, or moral of a story or a poem

• effect

• main idea

• mood

• theme

the emotions that you (the reader) feel while you are reading

• infer

• cause

• mood

• tone

the way the author expresses his attitude through his writing

• tone

• cause

• mood

• theme

the time and place of a story

• effect

• setting

• theme

• contrast

to make clear and easier to understand

• contrast

• clarify

• factual

• predict

tell what is the same about two or more things

• compare

• contrast

• cause

• effect

tell what is different about two or more things

• compare

• contrast

• effect

• cause

an action or event that makes something else happen

• mood

• theme

• cause

• effect