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STAAR Terms with Complete Solutions
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"portrayed as" - ANS-"shown as" or "described as" "symbol of" - ANS-An idea is presented as a concrete object—a road is not just a road but the "road of life" "the author organizes information" - ANS-How the author or writer organizes or sets up information in passage such as: compare & contrast, cause & effect, sequence, description, problem & solution "Why does the author include" - ANS-The reason the author/writer mentions or adds a graphic, chart or other piece of information "The reader concludes" - ANS-means the reader understands, predicts, or has figured out "predict/will probably" - ANS-Likely to happen "supports the idea" - ANS-Specific details from the piece of text that will answer the question Theme - ANS-The major idea in the story the author wants the reader to understand "story is organized by" - ANS-The way the author puts the story or piece of text together
tone - ANS-The author carefully uses words to create a certain feeling "mainly about" - ANS-The most important idea from a part of or all of the piece of "indicates" - ANS-points out" or "shows "compare" - ANS-Show how two or more things are alike Conflict - ANS-Something that gets in the way of what the character wants to do "to persuade" - ANS-The author writes the piece of text to make the reader think, act, or feel a certain way "explain or inform" - ANS-The author writes to give information Cause/effect - ANS-Something that happens/the result of solve(s) the problem" - ANS-CHARACTER OR CHARACTERS FIND A WAY OUT OF THE SITUATION THAT HAS PREVENTED THE CHARACTER FROM REACHING HIS/HER GOAL "symbol of" - ANS-An idea is presented as a concrete object—a road is not just a road but the "road of life" author - ANS-The person who writes the story or piece of text similarity - ANS-Nearly the same "includes" - ANS-"is a part of" "conclude" - ANS-ends "The reader concludes" - ANS-means the reader understands, predicts, or has figured out "predict/will probably" - ANS-Likely to happen the reader - ANS-YOU! The person who is reading "supports the idea" - ANS-Specific details from the piece of text that will answer the question "This sentence supports the author's opinion that" - ANS-A sentence in the passage or text helps the author's ideas, beliefs or claim.