STAAR REVIEW

The perspective from which the story is told is called

The use of descritptive words that appeal to the senses

What is the 3rd step in the STAAR test strategy? 

The 5 W's are

the words that are spoken by the actors in a play

THis signals that a word is important

the end, the resolution or conclusion. How the conflict is solved

If your reading passage is Non-fiction, you must figure out the

Writing of a person's life that is told by someone else

The narrator is an outsider that can see the minds of all the characters

the lesson of a myth or folktale

How many test strategies are there?

 nonfiction text where the relationship between an event and the reasons why the event occurred

a part in a story that describes something that happened in the past

The reason the characters act or think the way they do

An arrangement of information in columns or rows

this has something from the beginning, middle and end of the story

A long speech that a character makes to another character

Figurative language that is a comparison using like or as

The words that give the actors instructions about what to do in a play

This the general feeling that the READER gets while reading

an expression used in a language that is not meant to be taken literally

a problem or stuggle that takes place in a story

If anyone sees me dressed like this I will die. This is an example of ___________

To target the text you must decide if the reading passage is 

What is the 1st step in taking the STAAR test? 

In persuasion, ideas that appeal to the heart

THis is an example of: Carrie is a magnet for trouble.

Events that help predict what will happen later in a story

list key points or information in a brief, organized way

The wind was whispering my name as it blew through the trees. This is an example of ________

the writers attitude toward teh material and/or readers.

The major division in a play is called ____________

If your reading passage is Fiction, you must figure out the...

An author's intent in writing a literary work ( persuade, inform , etc. )

a poetry paragraph

Anything that can represent something else.

 a pattern of nonfiction text in which ideas are presented step by step

Illustrations with labels that describe something or shows how it works

Describes or explains a picture or photograph to help the readers understand the picture

What is the 2nd step in the STAAR testing strategy?