STAAR ELA

Hints given to a reader by the author which communicate a hidden or embedded message.

• Context clues

• graphic elements

• inferences

• convey

The process of taking context clues & coming to a logical conclusion based on the evidence presented.

• stage directions

• context clues

• inference

• convey

Any tool, other than the text itself, to help the reader understand the themes of a selection better. Ex. Pictures, quotes, text boxes, modified text: italics, bold, all caps...

• context clues

• graphic elements

• stage directions

  convey

• inference

How an author chooses to organize information or plot structure in a selection.

• context clues

• inference

• stage directions

• organizational pattern

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The word STAAR uses to refer to any passage, poem, play, or article.

• selection

• convey

• stanza

• dialogue

Actively spoken words in a selection; denoted by the use of "quotation marks"

• line

• text clues

• dialogue

• tone

An emotional or a psychological problem taking place within a character...

• internal conflict

• selection

• tone

• mood

The subject or message being presented within a selection; themes are universal, not just bound to one story

• tone

• theme

• inference

• stanza

To present information to the reader

• context clues

• inference

• line

• convey