STAAR Vocabulary

To figure out what it means by using clues in the text and my own knowledge

• Prior knowledge

• Setting

• trait

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

To put the important events in order

• Cause

• Effect

• Sequence

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

To show how people, places or things are alike

• Context clue

• Compare

• Contrast

• solution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

The reason why the author wrote the story, book or passage

• Author's purpose

• Cause

• Problem

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.3

A person, animal or imaginary creature that takes part in the action of the story

• Prediction

• Solution

• Plot

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why something happened

• Problem

• Cause

• Effect

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What happens as the result of the cause

• Sequence

• Effect

• Context Clue

• Prior knowledge

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

To say what will happen in the future using clues to support my guess

• Trait

• Contrast

• Prediction

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Language used by authors to help the reader create a picture in the mind (similies, metaphors and idioms are types)

• Prior knowledge

• Sequence

• Effect

• Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Where and when a story takes place

• Setting

• Context clue

• Plot

• Problem

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C