STAAR Review

Question 1

Genre that uses sound, rhythm, figurative language and does not follow normal rules of grammar

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poetry

Question 2

A book that a person writes about their life

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autobiography

Question 3

When the narrator is part of the story

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1st Person

Question 4

How the lines of a poem are arranged

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stanzas

Question 5

Using text clues to make a prediction or draw a conclusion about a passage

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inference

Question 6

The part of the story where the characters, setting and problem are introduced

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Exposition

Question 7

Part of the story when complications arise and suspense builds

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Rising Action

Question 8

From what perspective the story is being told

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Author's Point of View

Question 9

The narrator knows how all of the characters in the story think and what they are feeling

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3rd Person Omniscient

Question 10

Comparing two unlike things without using like, as or than

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metaphor

Question 11

Text structure when something happens and it causes something else to happen

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Cause and Effect

Question 12

A word that represents a sound

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onomatopoeia

Question 13

Two or more words that are close together and start with the same sound

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alliteration

Question 14

Figurative language when the author exaggerates, usually in a humorous way

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hyperbole

Question 15

The events and action that makes up a story

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plot

Question 16

The basic part of a word usually derived from Greek or Latin

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Root Word

Question 17

What a passage is mostly about

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main idea

Question 18

Deciding what might happen next based on what you know at "the end"

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drawing conclusions

Question 19

When the author appeals to the five senses painting a visual mental picture

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imagery

Question 20

The part of a story that leads to the resolution

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falling action

Question 21

Putting the things in a passage in order using words like first, next, then, finally...

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sequence of events

Question 22

A book written about a person's life

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biography

Question 23

A story written about a moment in time

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memoir

Question 24

Comparing two unlike things using like, as or than

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simile

Question 25

When human characteristics are given to something that is not human

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personification

Question 26

The lesson or moral of a story

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theme

Question 27

How words are defined using evidence from the passage

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Context Clues

Question 28

The part of the story known as the climax and sometimes called the "high point"

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Turning Point

Question 29

The problem in a story

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conflict

Question 30

A well known phrase that cannot be interpreted literally

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idiom

Question 31

This genre has elements of truth but is mostly from the author's imagination

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realistic fiction

Question 32

How the story is wrapped up

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Resolution

Question 33

Letters that are added to the beginning or end of a word to modify the meaning

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affix

Question 34

Genre based on facts

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expository

Question 35

How an answer to a question is proved

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Text Evidence

Question 36

Text structure that shows how things are alike and different

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Compare and Contrast

Question 37

Retelling a passage with supporting details from the beginning, middle and end of the passage

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summary

Question 38

This genre includes skits, musicals and plays

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drama

Question 39

The reason an author writes something

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author's purpose

Question 40

Letters added to the end of a word to alter the meaning

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suffix

STAAR Review

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STAAR Review

Questions 40