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STAAR 6th vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PLOT | events that take place in a story |
| EXPOSITION | - introduces background, setting, characters |
| RISING ACTION | conflict develops & tension builds |
| EXTERNAL CONFLICT | what happens to/around a character that contributes to his/her struggle |
| TURNING POINT | CHANGE that happens to the character |
| CLIMAX | point of highest tension in the story RESOLUTION - the finish - how the problem resolves |
| 1st person point of view | The character is in the story. Only know their thought/feelings because they tell you them. |
| 3rd person limited point of view | The narrator is outside of the story. Only knows thoughts/feelings of ONE person. |
| 3rd person omniscient point of view | The narrator has full access to the thoughts/feelings of ALL characters in the story. |
| FLASHBACK | a scene from the past; memory |
| FORESHADOW | a waning or hint of a future event |
| TONE | author's attitude toward the topic |
| MOOD | reader's attitude toward the piece |
| PROTAGONIST | main/leading character (the good guy) |
| ANTAGONIST | the opponent/instigator (the bad guy) |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT | thoughts & feelings within a character that contribute to his/her struggle |
| THEME | overall message, moral, life lesson of the story |
| Metaphor | comparison by renaming (Ex. The point guard is a bulldozer.) |
| Simile | comparison using like or as (Ex. The point guard is like a bulldozer.) |
| Personification | giving non-living things human characteristics (Ex. The wind whistled in the trees.) |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration (Ex. He lived a year in a minute.) |
| act | large section of a play |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same starting sound ( Wally walked to Walmart.) |
| author's purpose | why an author writes a text |
| autobiography | a story about someone's life written by that person |
| biography | a story about someone's life written by someone else |
| cause | the "why"- happens 1st |
| conflict | also known as the problem |
| dialogue | what is being spoken/talking |
| drama | a work that is meant to be preformed on stage |
| fact | can be measured, observed, and proven true |
| fantasy | a genre that has magical/make believe elements |
| historical fiction | a story that is set in the past, but it is fiction |
| illustration | picture or image |
| inference | a decision based on text evidence and your own knowledge |
| introduction | the beginning of the story, where we learn the characters and the problem |
| line break | where the line of text ends |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| nonfiction | informational text that is true |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate the words they describe |
| opinion | a personal thought or feeling |
| playwright | the author of a play or drama |
| plot | the events that make up the story |
| poetry | a type of literature that can have stanzas or lines |
| realistic fiction | a story that is fiction, but could happen in real life |
| repetition | lines or words that are repeated showing importance |
| scene | a small section in a play |
| setting | when and where the story takes place |
| stage directions | written in italics and parentheses--tells feelings, settings, or actions of the play |
| stanza | group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph |
| Synonym | a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase |
| Antonym | a word opposite in meaning to another |
| Central conflict | the main problem in the story |
| Foreshadow | a warning or indication of a future event |
| Speaker | The "voice" of the poem or the "person" who is "speaking" the poem (it's from their point of view) |
| Stance/viewpoint/position | attitude of a person or organization towards something |
| Props | the objects or items that are on stage during a play. They always have a purpose for being on stage! |
| Scenes | the minor sections a play is divided into. Each scene often has a DIFFERENT SETTING. |
| Acts | the major sections a play is divided into. The beginning of a new act can be set in a different place and be set further ahead in time. |
| Selection | also know as the passage or article |
| Diagram | A picture that shows the parts of something, has labels |
| Subheading/subtitle | Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about |
| Main Idea | what the text is mostly about--NOT a DETAIL |
| Italics | Letters from the text that are evenly slanted toward the right for emphasis (to show importance) |
| Suspense | feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen |
| Imagery | author's use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader paint a picture in their minds |
| Paraphrase | express the same message but in your own words |
| Text Structures | How the author organizes information in an informational text |
| Chronological | It tells the order in which things or events occurred. It is another word for sequential order. |
| Sequential Order | It tells the order in which things or events occurred. It is another word for chronological order. |
| Cause & Effect | It tells what happened and why it happened |
| Description | It is a topic idea, person, place, or thing that is described by listing its features, characteristics, or examples |
| Problem & Solution | It provides a problem and describes how it can be or is solved. |
| Compare & Contrast | It shows the similarities and differences between two or more things. |
| Informational Text | A text, article, or selection that contains true information about people, places, things, events, etc. |
| drawing conclusions | combining several pieces of information to make an inference |
| prefix | a word part that can be added at the beginning of a word to make a new word |
| suffix | a word part that can be added at the end of a word to make up a new word |
| RESOLUTION | the end- how the problem resolves |
| symbolism | a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond its literal meaning. (ex. A heart might represent love.) |
| author's viewpoint | the author's attitude toward or opinion about a subject |
| Central idea | most important point the author makes |
| Thesis | the thesis statement is the sentence that directly expresses the writers opinion, purpose, or position. Their answer to the prompt. |
| Claim | A statement one believes is true, usually supported by evidence |
| analyze | to look at something carefully by attention to its parts |
| irony | A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. |
| stanza | A group of lines in a poem |
| context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. |
| relevant | connected to the topic at hand |
| cite | to quote from the text |
| emphasis | highlight; give special focus to |
| connotation | The feeling behind the word (stupid has a negative connotation) |
| motivation | what moves a character/person to do something |
| convey/express | to communicate something or make it known |
| Opposing viewpoint | An opinion or view that goes against someone else's. |
| Argument | an opinion that must be supported by reasons |
| Supporting details | details or evidence – such as facts, examples, or anecdotes – support an author’s idea |
| anecdotes | brief, personal stories that make a point or a punch line |
| persuasive writing | aims at influencing a reader's opinion and actions |
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MrsEsquivel
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