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STAAR Review
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A quick review of vocabulary encountered on the STAAR test.
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Using your prior knowledge and evidence from the story to draw a conclusion is --
using your memory
keeping it together
making an inference
preparing for the worst
2
The order in which things happens is
sequence
.
true
false
3
If you express the same message in different words, you are ---
paraphrasing
pulverizing
plagiarizing
putrefying
4
The
reason
an author writes a selection is ---
author's viewpoint
to make money
become a YouTube star
author's purpose
5
The message or lesson of a selection is ---
plot
outline
character
theme
6
If the narrator of the story primarily uses
he, she, or they
, then it's--
first person point of view
third person point of view
second person point of view
Ghosts! I've seen them!
7
When an inanimate object or idea is given human characteristics
metaphor
simile
personification
allusion
8
Clues that suggest what might happen in the future ---
flash-forward
flashback
foreshadowing
9
Narrator is a character in the story and uses "I" and "me."
first person point of view
second person point of view
The dog ate my homework again.
third person point of view
10
To retell only the most important ideas and details
paraphrase
define
summarize
theorize
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The turning point in the story---
resolution
climax
rising action
falling action
12
A(n) ___ is a passage taken from a book.
fact
opinion
excerpt
prefix
13
A text structure that presents a problem and offers a means to solve it.
chronological
problem/solution
compare/contrast
14
The feeling created in the
reader
by a literary work or passage is ---
plot
mood
sequence
tone
15
A __ is a word with the same meaning as a given word.
synonym
antonym
16
A person, animal, or imaginary being in a story
theme
plot
character
setting
17
The time and place of a story---
tone
plot
setting
theme
18
A comparison that does
not
use like or as is
simile
metaphor
inference
personification
19
The paragraphs of poetry are called:
stanzas
meters
sentences
paragraphs
20
A brief explanation or description of an illustration, table, or photograph
caution
caption
captain
campaign
21
The clues around a bold or underlined word that help you know what the word means
comfort clues
I have no clue.
Catch a clue.
context clues
22
The
attitude
of the
author toward the audience and characters
( for example, serious or angry)
tone
mood
style
23
A person, thing, or event that makes something happen--
cause
effect
24
An opinion is a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.
true
false
25
Words with opposite meanings are ---
antonyms
synonyms
26
The way an author chooses to present information
text messaging
text structure
text evidence
text #PapaSlam
27
Can you use a dictionary on the reading STAAR?
NO!
Only if you are polite.
YES!
If you have enough money.
28
A comparison that uses
like
or
as
---
allusion
metaphor
simile
personification
29
The story of a person's life written by another person is a ---
biography
autobiography
memoir
30
Similarities and differences between two things are --
comparison
contralto
contrast
compare/contrast
31
Ideas that help support the main idea
dialogue
legs
thought bubbles
details
32
The result of a cause
exasperation
excellent
effect
egg
33
A statement that can be proved to be true or false
fact
suggestion
theory
opinion
34
The major events of a story.
fiction
diagram
plot
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The main problem a character faces is ---
conflict
alliteration
tone
mood
