Frelow STAAR Reading - 4th Grade

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

the use of words that represent sounds (BOOM, BAM, POP)

the perspective from which a story is told

the central idea or The Message of a selection

In the time order in which events happened...

Your Explanation should...

the problem in a story

A story told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "We"

Small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

What type of expression is "Her hand was cold as ice"?

To draw a conclusion or educated guess

Your Reading SCR should be about 2 sentences?

the reason the author has for writing (inform, persuade, or entertain

Where and when the story takes place

The important events that happen in a story

What strategy do you use for non-fiction stories?

What strategy do you use for fiction stories?

to determine how 2 things are different or alike

What type of expression is "The sun smiled down at me!"

You provide evidence to support your_____.

a comparison of two like things without using like or as (Ex. He is a bear in the morning.)

The reason something happens

"Sally sells seashells by the sea shore" is an example of what?

what a selection is mainly about

poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

when the story is told by someone outside of the story's characters

Short version of "What the whole story is about"(beginning, middle and end) and no small details

A passage that is factual, not creative or fictional

to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

Which one is correct? their, there, or they're? I needed to get out of _________.

Which part of the ECR do you answer the prompt?