STAAR Vocabulary TEST

What can you infer about the following:

The little boy looked sheepishly down at the ground. His mom clenched her teeth together. She couldn't believe what he had just done!

• He has created a beautiful painting for her.

• He has eaten the pie she baked for dessert.

• He smiled at her and said, "I love you, mama."

• He ate his lunch of peanut butter and jelly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic (persuade, inform, entertain)

• main idea

• summary

• author's purpose

• effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

a brief statement or account of the main points of something

• summary

• mood

• author's purpose

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• effect

• main idea

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

the way the author expresses his attitude through his writing

• tone

• cause

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the time and place of a story

• effect

• setting

• theme

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a simile?

• a comparison of two unlike things directly calling one thing the other

• a comparison of two unlike things using words "like" or "as"

• an extreme exaggeration of something

• giving living qualities to nonliving things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a summary?

• a brief statement on the main points of a story or passage

• the lesson or moral of a story

• how an author puts their writing together

• an irrelevant point that is full of error

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

"paragraphs" in a poem

• stanza

• lines

• line break

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10