STAAR 6th vocab
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| PLOT | show 🗑
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| EXPOSITION | show 🗑
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| show | conflict develops & tension builds
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| show | what happens to/around a character that contributes to his/her struggle
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| TURNING POINT | show 🗑
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| CLIMAX | show 🗑
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| 1st person point of view | show 🗑
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| 3rd person limited point of view | show 🗑
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| 3rd person omniscient point of view | show 🗑
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| FLASHBACK | show 🗑
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| show | a waning or hint of a future event
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| show | author's attitude toward the topic
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| show | reader's attitude toward the piece
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| show | main/leading character (the good guy)
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| show | the opponent/instigator (the bad guy)
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| show | thoughts & feelings within a character that contribute to his/her struggle
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| show | overall message, moral, life lesson of the story
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| show | comparison by renaming (Ex. The point guard is a bulldozer.)
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| show | comparison using like or as (Ex. The point guard is like a bulldozer.)
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| Personification | show 🗑
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| show | extreme exaggeration (Ex. He lived a year in a minute.)
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| act | show 🗑
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| show | the repetition of the same starting sound ( Wally walked to Walmart.)
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| author's purpose | show 🗑
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| show | a story about someone's life written by that person
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| biography | show 🗑
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| show | the "why"- happens 1st
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| conflict | show 🗑
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| dialogue | show 🗑
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| drama | show 🗑
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| fact | show 🗑
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| show | a genre that has magical/make believe elements
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| historical fiction | show 🗑
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| illustration | show 🗑
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| inference | show 🗑
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| show | the beginning of the story, where we learn the characters and the problem
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| show | where the line of text ends
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| narrator | show 🗑
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| show | informational text that is true
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| onomatopoeia | show 🗑
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| show | a personal thought or feeling
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| playwright | show 🗑
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| plot | show 🗑
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| poetry | show 🗑
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| realistic fiction | show 🗑
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| show | lines or words that are repeated showing importance
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| scene | show 🗑
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| show | when and where the story takes place
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| stage directions | show 🗑
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| stanza | show 🗑
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| Synonym | show 🗑
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| show | a word opposite in meaning to another
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| Central conflict | show 🗑
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| Foreshadow | show 🗑
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| show | The "voice" of the poem or the "person" who is "speaking" the poem (it's from their point of view)
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| show | attitude of a person or organization towards something
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| show | the objects or items that are on stage during a play. They always have a purpose for being on stage!
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| show | the minor sections a play is divided into. Each scene often has a DIFFERENT SETTING.
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| Acts | show 🗑
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| Selection | show 🗑
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| show | A picture that shows the parts of something, has labels
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| show | Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about
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| Main Idea | show 🗑
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| show | Letters from the text that are evenly slanted toward the right for emphasis (to show importance)
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| Suspense | show 🗑
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| show | author's use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader paint a picture in their minds
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| Paraphrase | show 🗑
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| Text Structures | show 🗑
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| Chronological | show 🗑
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| Sequential Order | show 🗑
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| Cause & Effect | show 🗑
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| Description | show 🗑
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| show | It provides a problem and describes how it can be or is solved.
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| show | It shows the similarities and differences between two or more things.
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| Informational Text | show 🗑
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| show | combining several pieces of information to make an inference
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| prefix | show 🗑
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| suffix | show 🗑
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| RESOLUTION | show 🗑
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| show | a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond its literal meaning. (ex. A heart might represent love.)
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| show | the author's attitude toward or opinion about a subject
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| Central idea | show 🗑
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| show | the thesis statement is the sentence that directly expresses the writers opinion, purpose, or position. Their answer to the prompt.
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| Claim | show 🗑
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| show | to look at something carefully by attention to its parts
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| irony | show 🗑
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| show | A group of lines in a poem
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| context | show 🗑
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| relevant | show 🗑
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| show | to quote from the text
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| show | highlight; give special focus to
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| connotation | show 🗑
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| show | what moves a character/person to do something
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| convey/express | show 🗑
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| Opposing viewpoint | show 🗑
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| Argument | show 🗑
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| show | details or evidence – such as facts, examples, or anecdotes – support an author’s idea
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| anecdotes | show 🗑
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| show | aims at influencing a reader's opinion and actions
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