STAAR Terms
Across
- 3. time order
- 5. reason
- 6. background of a play
- 7. your information comes from
- 9. show
- 12. problem
- 14. goes against other ideas
- 18. in order of steps
- 19. details (to create an image in your mind)
- 22. for
- 24. to solve a problem (also: resolution is the solution to the problem)
- 26. hints about what’s going to happen later in the story
- 27. making a bigger deal out of something than it really is
- 28. to be different from
- 29. arrange in order
- 30. language words don’t mean exactly what they say (for example: idioms, metaphors, similes)
- 31. figure out
Down
- 1. the lesson or the big message of the story
- 2. author of a play
- 4. show
- 8. conversation between characters
- 10. small section of writing
- 11. leads the reader to believe something that isn’t entirely true
- 13. to make you think something, hint at
- 15. language words that show taste, smell, touch, sound, and sight
- 16. to back up or agree with a statement
- 17. show
- 20. the feeling where you want to know what’s going to happen dun dun dun!!!
- 21. tell, understand, or figure out
- 23. the idea
- 25. put in your own words