STAAR Vocabulary ELAR

What does matches mean on a STAAR test question?

• a tool to start a fire

• the same or similar

• one or the other

• part of a larger text or story

If the question includes the word suggests, I know that this is a or an _____________ question.

• right there

• vocabulary

• inference

• theme

What is an excerpt?

• a book or story

• a quotation

• an inference

• a piece of a larger writing

What does primarily mean?

• mostly or most importantly

• first or at the beginning

• not very important

• inference or conclusion

A questions that asks for supporting details is asking for...

• an inference

• evidence

• a selection

• a definition

Most likely means...

• not really

• not very true

• at the beginning

• probably

If something is revealed it is...

• hidden

• closed

• done again

• shown or made known

Non-fiction is...

• factual

• not real

The author uses this simile to express an opinion about...

In this sentence, the word express means:

• to remove

• to move with speed

• to communicate

• to listen

Which of the following is NOT another word or synonym for theme?

• main idea

• moral

• lesson

• message