STAAR Vocab Week 2

words that have opposite meanings

• synonyms

• evidence

• details

• antonyms

Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• Root Word

• Fact

• Metaphor

• Simile

words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown words

• evidence

• context clues

• details

• summary

the main part of the word

• Root Word

• Suffix

• Prefix

• Predictions

trying to guess what will happen next in a story

• Predictions

• Example

• Simile

• Metaphor

the examples that support, or back up, the main idea

• main idea

• context clues

• synonyms

• details

finding text evidence in the story to prove a conclusion

• Example

• Predictions

• Support

• Simile

clues from the text that support inferences and conclusions made by the reader

• evidence

• context clues

• details

• main idea

words that mean the same or almost the same thing

• synonyms

• context clues

• antonyms

• details

the person who tells the story

• summary

• audience

• narrator

• author