STAAR REVIEW

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

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

a problem or stuggle that takes place in a story

Figurative language that is a comparison using like or as

Events that help predict what will happen later in a story

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

The major division in a play is called ____________

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

An arrangement of information in columns or rows

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

the words that are spoken by the actors in a play

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

The perspective from which the story is told is called

a poetry paragraph

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

list key points or information in a brief, organized way

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

THis signals that a word is important

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

In persuasion, ideas that appeal to the heart

the lesson of a myth or folktale

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

A long speech that a character makes to another character

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

The use of descritptive words that appeal to the senses

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

How many test strategies are there?

The reason the characters act or think the way they do

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

Anything that can represent something else.

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

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

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

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

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

The 5 W's are

the writers attitude toward teh material and/or readers.

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

Illustrations with labels that describe something or shows how it works

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

This the general feeling that the READER gets while reading