STAAR Smart Week 2

1. clearly show the existence or truth by giving proof or evidence

• demonstrate
• clarify
• claim

2. position on an issue or problem

• claim
• clarify
• compile

3. a strategy that helps readers understand or make clear what they're reading

• conclude
• clarify
• demonstrate

4. a form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people

• dialect
• connotative
• convey

5. identify the similarities and differences of two or more subjects

• clarify
• claim
• compare/contrast

6. get or gather together

• convey
• conclude
• compile

7. arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning

• clarify
• conclude
• convey

8. to retell the main parts or ideas from a text in your own words

• describe
• summary
• conflict

9. a struggle between two forces (external/internal)

• conflict
• describe
• criticism

10. word meaning that suggests something other than their literal meaning

• convey
• dialect
• connotative