STAAR Vocabulary
A word meaning to communicate or to make something known.
What is convey?
Comparing 2 unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
The R stands for...
What is Restate?
The I stands for...
What is Introduction?
The D stands for...
What is Dumb?
A word that means to determine the meaning of.
What is to evaluate?
A long speech by one character to other characters or an audience
What is a monologue?
The A stands for...
What is Answer the question?
The B stands for...
What is Body Paragraph 1?
The O stands for...
What is Opposite?
A word that means a close examination of the text.
What is analyze?
An extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
The C stands for...
What is Cite text evidence?
The 2nd B stands for...
What is Body Paragraph 2?
The R stands for...
What is Right?
A word that means to combine what you already know with what you are reading in the text to form a conclusion or an educated guess.
What is an inference?
Comparing 2 unlike things NOT using like or as
What is a metaphor?
The E stands for...
What is Explain?
The C stands for...
What is Conclusion?
The T stands for...
What is Tricky?
A word that means the underlying message or central idea explored in a story.
What is theme?
The use of words that sound like they are spelled (sound effects).
What is onomatopoeia?
RACE is used for...
What is an SCR or Short Constructed Response?
IBBC is used for...
What is the ECR or Extended Constructed Response?
DORT is used for...
What are the multiple choice questions on STAAR?