Fiction
Expository
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STAAR
100
The main lesson or message the author is telling you.
What is Theme?
100
The point the author is trying to explain or prove.
What is Thesis?
100
The most intense part of the story; the turning point.
What is Climax?
100
The information in an essay that supports the thesis.
What is Reasons?
100
To break down
What is Analyze
200
The events in a story.
What is Plot?
200
Compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, description, sequence.
What is Text Structure?
200
The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
What is Tone?
200
The ending of an essay.
What is Conclusion?
200
Make a good guess; read between the lines
What is Infer
300
The problem in the story.
What is Conflict?
300
To explain.
What is Inform?
300
A feeling or thought inside of a character that pushes them to do or believe something.
What is Internal Motivation?
300
The most important point in a paragraph or article.
What is Main Idea?
300
Tell how two things are alike
What is Compare
400
Where and when the story takes place.
What is Setting?
400
A matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject.
What is topic?
400
Something or someone outside of a character that pushes them to do or believe something.
What is External Motivation?
400
A topic that is included within another topic.
What is Subtopic?
400
To sum it up; give a shortened version
What is Summarize
500
The emotion the author is trying to create in a story.
What is Mood?
500
Stating the main points of the article in several sentences.
What is Summary?
500
The end of a story.
What is Resolution?
500
Explains complicated ideas or theories.
What is Expository?
500
To guess; tell what happens next
What is Predict
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