3rd Grade STAAR Academic Vocabulary

What is the term for convincing the reader of the writer's point?

• Persuade

• Plot

• Summary

• Setting

What do we call the events that make up the story?

• Plot

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

What is the term for telling the main or important parts of the story?

• Summary

• Narrator

• Author

• Poet

Where and when the story takes place is known as what?

• Setting

• Climax

• Resolution

• Sequence

Who is the person telling the story?

• Narrator

• Author

• Poet

• Reader

Who is the person that writes poems?

• Poet

• Author

• Narrator

• Editor

What is the conclusion of the story called?

• Resolution

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

What introduces the main characters and setting of the story?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Falling Action

What are clues around a word that help the reader understand the meaning of a word?

• Context Clues

• Captions

• Sequence

• Compare

What do we call a story that is not real?

• Fiction

• Non Fiction

• Exposition

• Resolution