3STAAR Terms

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