STAAR REVIEW

Question 1

On the reading STAAR test, you should ...

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Try to visualize the story, try to make connections to the story

Question 2

When a person outside the story is telling it is known as...

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third person

Question 3

Which conjunction is missing? and, but, or,for, yet, so, _____

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nor

Question 4

Which word is an onomatopoeia?

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bam

Question 5

What is a text-to-self connection?

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finding ways to conncect the text to your life

Question 6

When the question asks you to determine the tone of the passage or attitude of the author you..

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determine if the author is positive, negative or nuetral

Question 7

What part of speech is quickly?

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adverb

Question 8

What is THEME?

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the big idea and lesson learned

Question 9

A group of lines in poetry, like a paragraph is also known as...

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stanza

Question 10

When the question asks you to make an inference you will...

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exclude and distractions that are not logical, look for evidence to support your logic, make a leap of logic

Question 11

When looking for supporting details, the answer will be

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directly stated

Question 12

The most important part of the story is also known as...

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climax

Question 13

What does it mean to SUMMARIZE?

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tell the main action/events in your own words

Question 14

On the reading STAAR test you should ...

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use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words

Question 15

What does it mean to PREDICT?

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Determine what you think will happen in the text

Question 16

Which of the following is an antonym for VERTICAL?

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Horizontal

Question 17

Complete the analogy: Fascinating:interesting:: crucial: ____

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important

Question 18

To CLARIFY, also means to...

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make a statement less confusing

Question 19

What is your schema?

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organized categories filed away in your brain

Question 20

Complete the analogy. Success:failure:: good: ___

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evil

Question 21

What kind of conflict does this represent?

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man vs. man

Question 22

What organizational pattern would you use to explain frogs vs. toads?

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Compare & contrast

Question 23

What does it mean to SUMMARIZE?

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tell the main action/events in your own words

Question 24

What is an antonym for Fast?

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Slow

Question 25

A __________ is a word with a SIMILAR meaning.

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Synonym

Question 26

A synonym for compose is ______________.

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create

Question 27

What type of figurative language is used here? The inside of the car was a refrigerator.

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metaphor

Question 28

True or False: Poems have to rhyme?

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False

Question 29

What does it mean to INFER?

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use clues in the text plus your knowledge to draw conclusion

Question 30

A genre that has magical elements...

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fantasy

Question 31

When a question asks for a main idea, you're looking for...

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a big statement, the central point

Question 32

When and where a story takes place is also know as...

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setting

Question 33

What does it mean to PREVIEW a text?

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Look at the title, scan the story and check the orginazation

Question 34

What organizational pattern would you use to write on how to solve bullying?

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Problem & solution

Question 35

Complete the analogy, green: broccoli :: orange: _______

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carrot

Question 36

Events in a story before the climax is...

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rising action

Question 37

A decision based on text evidence and your background knowledge would be...

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inference

Question 38

What type of conflict is this?

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man vs. self

Question 39

In this book, Bethany wrote about when she was bitten by a shark. What genre is this book?

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autobiography

Question 40

What tells the main points from beginning, middle and end of a story?

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summary

Question 41

What does it mean to VISUALIZE?

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create a mental image of the story

Question 42

In figurative language having the same starting sound is known as...

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alliteration

Question 43

What is the final event in a story?

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conclusion

Question 44

On the reading STAAR test, you should ...

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Try to find evidence to back up your answer choice

Question 45

A pattern of rhyming in a poem is...

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rhyme scheme

Question 46

One line of a poem is a...

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verse

Question 47

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: He's got tons of video games is an example of ___?

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hyperbole

Question 48

The main idea is_________.

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what the passage is mostly about

Question 49

What part of speech is she?

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pronoun

Question 50

True or False: A thesis statement gives your opinion?

Accepted Answer

True

STAAR REVIEW

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STAAR REVIEW

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