Academic Vocabulary STAAR

To make something clear by giving reasons

• infer

• persuade

• cause

• explain

The word concerned means...

• knowledge

• hard surface to walk on

• troubled by

• an argument

synonym for slice

• cut

• exit

• trace

• choose

The word Primary Means?

To show how things are different

• contrast
• persuade
• compare
• evidence

To separate into the main parts and look carefully at each part

• infer
• explain
• analyze
• cause

The word contain means....

• to seperate

• to drive

• to include

• to copy

To convince someone of your idea(s) on something through logic or reasoning

• infer
• analyze
• persuade
• evidence

Which words emphasize the theme of the story?

• to give special attention to or place importance on something

• to put something in bold when typing

• the order in which events happen in a story

• to contrast two ideas

Define the underline term.

Including details in the paragraph, the author most likely hopes to convey that...

• practice

• operated

• find out

• to show and make known