STAAR English I

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VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION:

The Language of the Test 1

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- attitude
- characterize
- compare
- conclude
- contrast
- depict
- description
- effective
- emphasize
- express
- highlight
- imply
- infer
- inference
- insert
- interpretation
- primarily
- primary
- summarize
- support
The Language of the Test 2

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- anecdote
- context
- convince
- demonstrate
- development
- excerpt
- illustrate
- indicate
- organization
- perspective
- persuade
- point of view
- purpose
- quotation
- represent
- selection
- significant
- specify
- suggest
- viewpoint
Elements of Literature

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- aside
- character
- characterization
- climax
- conflict
- development
- dialogue
- diction
- dramatic irony
- flashback
- foil
- foreshadowing
- linear
- mood
- narrator
- nonlinear
- omniscient
- point of view
- setting
- soliloquy
- subplot
- syntax
- theme
- tone
- unreliable
Literary Devices and Figures of Speech

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- figurative
- imagery
- irony
- metaphor
- oxymoron
- personification
- repetition
- satire
- simile
- symbolism
Informational Text and Reference Works

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- claim
- conclusion
- connotation
- denotation
- dictionary
- evidence
- graphic
- informational
- introduction
- paraphrase
- persuasive
- purpose
- summary
- thesaurus
- thesis
Composition, Revision, and Editing

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- active voice
- agreement
- antecedent
- audience
- clarity
- comma
- conclusion
- context
- counterargument
- detail
- diction
- effective
- essay
- expository
- fragment
- grammar
- introduction
- mechanics
- parallelism
- passive voice
- position
- pronoun
- punctuation
- purpose
- redundant
- syntax
- tense
- thesis
- topic
- transition
Foreign Words and Phrases 1

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- ad hoc
- ad hominem
- avant-garde
- bona fide
- bon voyage
- caveat
- caveat emptor
- cum laude
- de facto
- deja vu
- deus ex machina
- en masse
- mea culpa
- per se
- pro bono
- quid pro quo
- status quo
- tete-a-tete
- verbatim
- vice versa
Foreign Words and Phrases 2

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- ad nauseam
- alma mater
- carte blanche
- ergo
- et al
- faux pas
- gravitas
- habeas corpus
- hoi polloi
- joie de vivre
- magnum opus
- modus operandi
- nom de plume
- persona non grata
- prima donna
- pro forma
- savoir-faire
- tabula rasa
- terra firma
- vox populi