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List #3 Vocabulary
STAAR Reading Vocabulary - List #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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) |