2017 6th Grade Reading STAAR Blast

Question 1

Trains are better than planes. You don't have to wait in line, and you're less likely to crash.

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Proposition and Support

Question 2

When you draw a conclusion, you

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make a judgement about something

Question 3

Thomas is funny and polite. He is a good athlete and is very punctual.

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Direct Characterization

Question 4

The reason that an author writes a selection.

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Author's Purpose

Question 5

____________ are meant to be read. ____________ are meant to be performed.

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Novels, Dramas

Question 6

After you write your name on your paper, turn in your homework and then pick up your quiz!

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Sequence

Question 7

If I ask you to ___________, I want you to tell me something in your own words.

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Paraphrase

Question 8

Novels and Dramas share all of the following qualities except:

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Meant to be performed

Question 9

Things that have happened in an author's life that cause him or her to write a certain way.

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Author's Influence

Question 10

The way that an author thinks about a certain topic.

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Author's Viewpoint

Question 11

When a writer gives you details about a character instead of telling you character traits.

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Indirect Characterization

Question 12

Tools that writers use to create an effect in a text are called

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Literary Devices

Question 13

Writing that is used to convince someone of something is called

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Persuasive Writing

Question 14

The First Vending Machines is most likely the title of what type of writing?

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Informative

Question 15

His palms are sweaty, his knees are weak, and his arms are heavy. How does he feel?

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Nervous

Question 16

How a writer chooses to arrange the information contained in a selection

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Structure

Question 17

When writers misuse information to influence how you feel about someone or something.

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Faulty Reasoning

Question 18

___ can be used to present information in an organized way.

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Graphic Features

Question 19

The man grabbed the pan before it cooled off. His hand has burn marks on it.

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Cause and Effect

Question 20

A summary will always include the _________________, and will never have ____________________.

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BME, Opinions

Question 21

Pollution is a problem all over our planet, but it is quite different on land than in water.

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Compare and Contrast

Question 22

The ____________________ is what a paragraph or selection is mostly about.

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Main Idea

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