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STAAR Reading #9 ML
STAAR Reading #9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Author's purpose (AP) | the reason the author wrote the story or article |
| AP to entertain | a story or article that you might read for fun (such as a narrative) |
| AP to inform | a story or article that gives information or news |
| AP to explain | giving directions how to do something or why something happened |
| AP to persuade | trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence |
| Graphic organizers (G.O.) | a way to keep track of information, sometimes in picture form |
| Outline | short phrases used to organize information in a story or article |
| Venn diagram | two overlapping circles used to compare two things |
| Story map | circles connected by lines that show important information from the story |
| Time line | a line showing dates in the order the events happened |
| Paired selection | two stories or articles that are meant to be read together to show comparison (similarities and differences) |
| Text structure (TS) | the organization the author uses to show how his idea are connected |
| Chronology | a TS(text structure) showing what happens in a story in order by time |
| Sequencing | a TS(text structure) showing what happens first, next, and last in a story |
| Cause and effect | a TS(text structure) showing how one thing leads to another; why something happened and the result |
| Compare and contrast | a TS (text structure) showing how two or more things are alike and different |
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