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8th Grade Reading STAAR Review
Process of elimination is helpful because...
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8th Grade Reading STAAR Review
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Epigraph
graphics in a text
pictures within a text
quotes within a text
graphs within a text
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Process of elimination is helpful because...
It makes you read every answer choice.
It justifies your correct answer.
It organizes your thought process.
All are correct.
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Something that is proven with data, observations, or reliable sources
factual claim
opinion
logical fallacy
commonplace assertion
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Problem faced by characters
plot
rising action
conflict
climax
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What the text is mostly about...
inference
summary
main idea
stop and jot
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repetition of consotant sounds at the start of words
assonance
epigram
alliteration
aphorism
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Poem that tells a story of mythic or national heroes; serious tone.
lyric
elegy
stanza
epic
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If you don't use test taking strategies, you are...
lazy
arrogant
egotistical
super smart
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The character deals with the decision at the climax.
rising action
conflict
climax
falling action
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If I don't know what a word in the question means...
Eat my snack
Raise my hand
Grab a dictionary
Give up
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A reasonable guess based on information
Educated Guess
fingers crossed
Generalization
Inference
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No thoughts or feelings are revealed.
third person
objective
first person
subjective
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An elegy is...
a poem mourning death.
a poem telling a story of mythical heroes.
poems that speaks directly to an idea, thing or person.
a thing that you burn sometimes.
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The way the passage is resolved.
Point of View
Characters
Resolution
Meter
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STAAR stands for...
Student Tests Are Always Ready
Student Test Academic Accountability Recall
Standard Texas Assessment Are Readable.
It doesn't matter.
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Third Person Omniscient reveals...
all character's emotions
the main character's emotions
the antagonist's emotions
no one's emotions
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A statement many people assume to be true but which may or may not be so
commonplace assertion
circular logic
rhetoric
logical fallacy
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A terse, short statment that states a truth
epigram
metaphor
alliteration
aphorism
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Exaggerates the traits of a person or idea
hyperbole
exaggeration
oxymoron
caricature
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repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
assonance
aphorism
epigram
metaphor
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Smaller conflicts within the main story
aphorism
subplot
rhetoric
couplet
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Funny aphorisms
assonances
epigrams
epigraphs
similes
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If I get stuck after narrowing it down to two possible choices...
Skip it. You aren't penalized for wrong answer.
Always go with your gut.
Reread the question and annotate the answer choices again.
Guess. You're smart.
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Dictionary definiton of a word.
connotation
root word
prefix
denotation
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Idea or thought process that leads to the wrong conclusion
opinion
logical fallacy
non sequitur
none of the abov
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Symbolism
uses an object to stand for an idea
uses animals to represent humans
a person symbolizes another person
uses humans to represent animals
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Persuade, inform, entertain
themes
contrast
persuade
purpose
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A poem that expresses a poet's feelings and state of mind.
elegy
ballad
epic
lyric
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Brief description of the most important details.
summary
paraphrase
main idea
inferences
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Chronological
in order
in place
in time
in step
