STAAR Vocab Week 4

Theme

• Lesson, moral, message

• Character development

• Plot twist

• Setting and context

Mood

• When the author makes the reader feel a certain way through words or details.

• The overall theme of the story that conveys a message.

• The physical setting of the story that describes where it takes place.

• The main character's personality traits and development throughout the narrative.

Significant

• Trivial

• Important

• Negligible

• Insignificant

Key Idea

• Details of the text

• Summary of the main points

• Examples of the concept

• Implications of the findings

Author’s use of language

• The author's choice in the words written

• The author's use of punctuation

• The author's narrative style

• The author's thematic elements

Falling Action

• The climax of the story is reached

• The pieces of the story are slowing down

• The conflict is introduced

• The story reaches its conclusion

Author’s Purpose

• To entertain the reader

• To inform the audience

• Why the author did something/PAST

• To persuade the reader

Combining Sentences

• Putting sentences together

• Separating sentences

• Eliminating sentences

• Rearranging sentences

Effective

• Fit for the goal

• Ineffective

• Unproductive

• Counterproductive

Summary

• A brief description of a character

• Overview of the entire story

• A detailed analysis of themes

• A list of chapter titles