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STAAR Vocabulary #3

STAAR voc

QuestionAnswer
excerpt small segment of writing taken from a larger, complete piece of writing
paraphrase restated in your own words
summary most important information from B,M,E
differ how are things different?
dialect special words used in a specific area of the country (ya’ll)
author’s Message Life Lesson; theme; central meaning
testimonial statement based on personal knowledge of an expert, celebrity, etc.
statistics numbers or percentages
bandwagon need to belong to a group; everyone else is doing it – you should, too
quotation someone’s exact words in quotes
structure how the story is planned out/organized
infer/inference/inferred educated guess based on background knowledge + clues from text
author’s purpose why did the author write this: To inform, persuade, entertain, express feelings
point of view Who is telling the story. 1st: writer is in the story (I, me, my); 3rd: writer is not in the story (he/she, him/her)
plot the events that happen in the story
conclude/conclusion a reasonable judgement
reveal to show; to make known
convey to communicate a message
indicate to point out
describe words intended to give a mental image
exposition beginning-setting, characters, inciting incident
rising action plot events leading up to the Climax
Climax turning Point; most important event – everything changes after that
Falling Action Plot events that occur after the Climax
Denouement or Resolution Ending
Created by: HBend
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