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List #3 Vocabulary
STAAR Reading Vocabulary - List #3
Term | Definition |
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BIOGRAPHY | a story about someone's life written by an author |
FACT | can be measured, observed, verified by an expert |
GENRE | a type of literature |
HISTORICAL FICTION | a story that is set in the past, but it is fiction |
INFERENCE | a decision based on text evidence and your knowledge |
NON-FICTION | informational text that is true |
OPINION | a thought or feeling, prediction, contains the word "should" or "ought" |
SUMMARY | tells the main points of the story from beginning, middle, and end (BME) |
TEXT FEATURES | part of non-fiction stories that have been designed to help you locate and learn information |
THEME | the overall message of the story (life lesson) |