STAAR Question Vocabulary
The word "reveal" in a question means ...
What is show?
What conflict (problem) does the setting of this story create for Margot?
The end of the story is known as what part of plot?
What is the resolution?
1st person uses the pronouns ...
What is "I" and "we"?
What is the definition of theme?
What is the lesson the author is trying to convey (show) in their story?
It can also be known as central message.
If a question asks you for the meaning of a word, you should ...
What is use context clues?
What is use a dictionary if context clues don't help?
What is the biggest difference between Margot and her classmates?
What is Margot remembers the sun and the other children do not?
In the rising action of a story, what happens?
What is complications, problems arise?
2nd person uses the pronouns
What is "you" and "your"?
What 3 components are found in the exposition?
What are characters, setting, and inciting incident/conflict?
This sentence helps illustrate, illustrate means ...
What is explain or shows?
The children move slowly and hesitate to see Margot at the end of the story because -
What is feel regret/badly about how they have treated Margot?
The inciting incident is ...
What is the event that makes the rest of the story possible?
3rd person uses the pronouns
What is "he", "she" and "they"?
Also uses character names.
A good summary should include -
What does the word "contribute" mean in the following question:
How does this contribute to the falling action?
What is add to or help?
What is one detail that shows the reader that the story takes place in the future?
What is it takes place on the planet Venus?
After the turning point in the story, how is the story different?
What is the story changes, the problems / conflict begins to get resolved?
If something is written in 3rd person limited, what is hidden from the reader?
What is the thoughts and feelings of everyone except the main character?
What is the difference between a protagonist and antagonist?
What is a protagonist is the main character and the antagonist is the character that is going against / opposes the protagonist?
What does the word conclude mean in the following question:
What can the reader conclude about a character?
What is determine or infer?
What does the following evidence suggest about Margot from "All Summer in a Day"?
"She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair."
What is Margot is pale from lack of sun and delicate due to her feeling depressed/like an outsider?
List all elements of plot in order and define them briefly.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
If the story is written in third person omniscient, it enables or allows the reader...
What is know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story?
What are the four types of conflict we have learned? Give an example for each one.
What is man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. society?