Parts of a Story
Argumentative
Poetry
STAAR Reading Continued
ECR
100

This is where the story takes place.

What is the setting.

100

used to support your claim

evidence

100

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Rhyme Scheme

100

The message or the lesson that the author whats you to take away from the story.

What is a Theme?

100

Do you start off with a question

NEVER

200

The problem in the story

conflict
200

authors stance on a position in argumentative

claim

200

Repetition sound at the beginning of words in a poem

alliteration

200

The author wrote the passage to entertain, inform or persuade us as a reader.

What is Author's purpose?

200

What does ECR stand for

Extended constructed response

300

most suspenseful part of the story

climax

300

a claim made to rebut a previous claim.

counterclaim

300

Giving non human things, human characteristics

personification

300

Heading, Glossary, Picture, Caption and Map

What are non-fiction text features?

300

What is in box 4 of your organizer

restate thesis and catchy ending

400

series of events leading up to the climax

rising action

400

the character, credibility, and moral values a group or individual possesses

ethos

400

extreme exaggeration in a poem

hyperbole

400
Retells the BIG events of the whole story, in order.

What is a summary?

400

What do you do when you cite text evidence

Find word for word in the text where you got that information and put in quotation marks

500

When the character solves their problem...this is known as the...

What is the resolution or solution

500

a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

pathos

500

created by the poet to evoke certain feelings in their audience

mood

500

using context clues and background information

inference

500
How do you create your thesis statement? 

verbally tell 

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