STAAR Vocab Review Part 1

What does the phrase "most likely reason" mean a test question?

• to make an inference about the author's purpose for writing the text

• to make an guess out of nowhere

• to make a decision based off of what you think

• to skip the answer

What does the phrase, "text/selection" mean in a test question?

• your notes

• passage/article/story

• the question

• skip the answer

What does the word "section" mean in a test question?

• the seat next to you

• a different article

• subtitle/subheading

• skip the answer

What does the word "reader conclude" mean in a test question?

• reader is a reader

• reader thinks

• reader

• skip the answer

What does the phrase, "Key Idea" mean a test question?

• Main idea

• no idea

• figurative language

• skip the question

What does the phrase "main message" mean in a test question?

• skip the answer

• metaphor

• theme/lesson

• simile

What does the phrase "emphasis" mean in a test question?

• to show/point of something important

• to dance

• to talk

• to figure out

What does the phrase "organizational pattern" mean in a test question?

• Text Structure

• Figurative Language

• Retorical Questions

• Skip the question

What are some of the different types of text structures?

• Simile

  Metaphor

  Personification

• Infer

  draw conclusion

  summarize

• Compare/Contrast

  Problem Solution

  Classification

  Cause/Effect

• skip the question

What does the word, "convey" mean in a test question?

• to show/to tell

• to humiliate

• to give up

• to skip the question