RLA STAAR Prep

The specific order of a series of events that form a story

• plot

• idiom

• central idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict . (RL3)

• resolution

• propel the action

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

refers to the exact words the characters are saying and is set off from the rest of the text with quotation marks and commas

• dialogue

• figurative

  language

• flashback

• dramatic

  irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

To understand figurative language, you need to distinguish between literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases. Literal refers to the actual meaning of a word or phrase . For example, if someone tells you to open the door, you can open a physical door . If someone tells you to open the door to your heart, you are not expected to find a door in your chest . Instead, you open up your feelings and emotions . (RL4, L5)

• figurative

  language

• resolution

• plot

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

comparison usinglikeoras;for example,She is as pretty as a picture. (RL4, L5)

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

direct comparison that states one thing is another. It isn’t meant to be literal, but descriptive. For example, if someone describes recess by saying that it was a zoo. Recess was chaotic, with lots of different people running around; it was not literally a zoo. (RL4, L5)

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

         exaggeration beyond belief . My father can lift two tons is an example. (RL4, L5)

• hyperbole

• simile

• tone

• propel the action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

the use of the same sound to start several words in a row;

for example, The beautiful butterfly blew by the bay . (RL4)

• alliteration

• simile

• tone

• structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

an indirect reference to something .

When a writer refers to something without mentioning it explicitly; for example, He didn’t want to give gifts to anyone at Christmas; he was being a scrooge . In this sentence, the writer is alluding to Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol . (RL4)

• allusion

• flashback

• point of view

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The dictionary definition of a word is its denotation . The ___________ of a word is a specific meaning or idea that the word brings to mind .

For example, laugh and giggle have similar denotations . These words refer to sounds you make when you find something funny . However, the word giggle has youthful connotations associated with it . You often think of children giggling but rarely think of grandfathers giggling . The word laugh has no such connotations associated with it . Therefore, while the denotations of both words are similar, the connotations are different . If a writer decides to describe a grandfather giggling, the writer probably means to hint that he has a youthful spirit or is feeling young at heart . (RL4)

• connotative

  language

• denotation

• tone

• propel the action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4