STAAR Vocabulary

Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

When asked to find the main idea from the passage, you would be looking in the beginning, middle, and end of the selection to find the best _____________.

• selection

• summary

• topic

Directions:

Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

The __________under the picture are meant to explain facts about the picture.

• theme

• topic

• caption

Directions:

We use our __________as we read to help us understand what we know.

• schema

• emphasis

• theme

Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

Sometimes an author will use quotation marks around a word or phrase like, "It's great to be a Wylie Bulldog," to show______________.

• illustrations

• topic

• emphasis

Directions:

Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

If you are reading a recipe, it's important that the directions are _________ so you know what to do for each step and in the correct order.

• organized

• emphasized

• summarized

Directions: Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

Friendship is a common ___________ we find in many books that we read.

• illustration

• selection

• theme

Directions:

Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

The ______of the story is what the story is about and all of the details that help describe it.

• caption

• topic

• selection

Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

An author will use lots of details and figurataive language to help___________what is going on in the story.

• describe

• emphasize

• topic

Read the sentence and pick the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

A caption is used to describe a picture or an ________________.

• illustration

• theme

• summary

Directions: Read the sentence and pick the correct meaning for each prefix.

The prefix re- in the word replay means...

• again

• before

• above