STAAR Review

Author's purpose is

Her hair is a golden ray of sunlight, what figurative language did I use?

To make a decision based on text evidence and your knowledge?

The final event in a story also known as the resolution

The "effect" is

These are all elements of fiction stories

Theme is the 

___________ are important words that are sometimes in bold or italic.

______ is a mini-dictionary that defines important words.

A type of literature that can have stanzas, line breaks, meter/rhythm, and or rhyme

What is the cause?

Text-Structure: describes or gives information about a topic.

Helps the reader understand the order of events and how one event may lead to another

Text Structure: explains reasons why something happened or the effects of something.

One character battles against traditions, institutions, or laws, this is character vs.

Summaries tell

Her hair is like a golden ray of sun, what figurative language did I use?

The beginning of a story, where we learn the characters and the setting

An autobiography is a story about a person's life written by

Organize large amounts of information

Who the characters are on the "inside", slow to change if at all

An index shows the reader what

What is alliteration?

A type of literature is

The similarities and differences of one or more things are explored

Photographs help the reader to know

One character has a problem with another character, this is character vs

_________ is the feeling the story or poem creates in the reader, can be positive or negative.

When an author is writing for your enjoyment, this is writing to 

Scenes in a play are

Author's write to 

In a play/drama the author is referred to as

Drama is another name for a play and means

_________ is a writers feelings and attitude about the subject.

When using context clues these are all things that help

An author's purpose may include: _________, _________, and __________

The line break in poetry is

Realistic fiction is a story that is 

You should ___ for reading based on what you know about the genre and your background knowledge

Opinions can be proven.

The spoken part in a story or play

Personification is a type of figurative language that gives non-human things 

_________ are words that explain what the picture or photograph is about.

A _________ is added to the end of a word to change the meaning.

A group of actors is called

The pattern of rhyming in a poem is

Facts can be proven.

Stanzas are groups of lines in poetry, also known as

A genre that has magical elements

Stage directions...

A __________ is added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning.

What changes the meaning of a word by adding letters to the beginning or ending of a word?

The most important part of a story, the problem.

The beat of a poem is

A heading helps the reader know what?

Falling action is

Hyperbole is a ___________ exaggeration.

Using the sentences and words around a word you don't know to determine meaning is known as

One character has a problem within themselves, this is character vs

One character fights or endures to overcome forces of nature, this is character vs.

Resolution is

Setting is

Information is given that can be considered a dilemma and then a answer is given

Historical fiction is

The poet is sometimes called

When an author is giving you information about a certain topic, this is writing to 

The events in a story leading to the climax or problem of a story...

Information text gives facts and examples about a topic and is a 

When a story is told in third person, it means that someone

Opinions are a thought or feeling of someone.

Organized by the time in which event occurred.

If you are reading a story about a person's life written by another person, you are reading a?

When an author wants to change the way you feel or believe about something is writing to

How a character feels at that particular moment, can change quickly

The ___________ of a text is the most important point the author is trying to make.

Are you going to do well on the test?

The overall message of a story

A labeled picture that shows its parts

A large section of a play is also known as

___________ is the reason for making a choice or completing an action.

Non-fiction is

_____ helps the reader find information quickly in any source that is in alphabetical order.