6th Grade STAAR Reading prep

where and when the story takes place

• figurative language

• emphasize

• setting

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the problem in the story

• details

• conflict

• synonym

• character motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

what a piece of writing is mainly about

• details

• thesaurus

• main idea

• comparison

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life or overall message of the story

• historical fiction

• theme

• effect

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

to shorten (3-5 sentences) and tell the beginning, middle, and end of a passage

• speaker

• personification

• result

• summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

in the time order in which events happened

• third person omniscient point of view

• narrator

• first person point of view

• chronological order

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

• text features

• persuasive

• figurative language

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The perspective from which a story is told.

• details

• drama

• suffix

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "We".

• free verse

• mood

• first person point of view

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

• contradict

• autobiography

• playwright

• third person limited point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6