Reading Words
Grammar Words
Figurative Language
STAAR Vocab 1
STAAR Vocab 2
100

What word means: 

Interruptions that writers use to insert past events to provide important background info

FLASHBACK

100

What strategy is used for a SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE and which strategy is used for an EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE?

SHORT - ACE

EXTENDED - ACECER

100
This is when human characteristics are given to non-human things or objects

PERSONIFICATION

100

What does SHIFT mean?

To change or move

100

What does EXPRESS mean?

To show a thought or feeling with words

200

What word means:

Hints or clues about something that will occur later in the story

FORESHADOW

200
This word means to write a LETTER to someone

CORRESPONDENCE

200

Which word means:

an extreme exaggeration

HYPERBOLE

200

What does influence mean?

To change, affect, or convince

200

What does CONTRIBUTE mean?

To add, help, or support

300

What word means:

Point-of-View, Position, Belief

PERSPECTIVE

300

What word means:

extra information that should be deleted

EXTRANEOUS

300
Which word means:

a comparison using "like" or "as"

SIMILE

300

What does EMPHASIZE mean?

To point out something or stress how important something is

300

What does PARAPHRASE mean?

to put something in your own words

400

What word(s) mean:

A short summary (paragraph) before the start of the selection. Provides background information.

INTRODUCTION, FOREWARD, PREFACE

400

What are two other words for MAIN IDEA?

CONTROLLING IDEA & THESIS

400

This is a direct comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as"

METAPHOR

400

What does CONVEY mean?

To show or to tell

400
How does a writer DEVELOP an idea?

by growing it, expanding it, or supporting it 

500

What word means:

A paragraph or a few pages taken from a book, article, or larger body of work

EXCERPT

500
These are words that are used to move from one part of your essay to another

TRANSITION WORDS

500

These are sayings that are not meant to be taken literally (such as, it's raining cats and dogs or it's like finding a needle in a haystack)

IDIOMS

500

What does IMPLY mean?

Something is not directly stated. It is suggested.

500

What does IRONY mean?

an event that is unexpected or surprising