8th Grade STAAR Reading Review

True/False: If reading a paired passage, I should read both stories then answer the questions.

A statement that cannot be proven is a what?

What 5 elements are in a plot diagram?

When the main character has an issue they must solve it is called?

Parts of a play in which the setting may change.

The writer of a play is called a ____?

True/False: I should read all of the text features in an informational text selection.

The narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character

The _______________ The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective

A story that explains a natural phenomena. 

Grouped lines a poem are called ___.

An instruction in the text of a play that is not spoken but is acted out

True/False: Take brain breaks throughout the test.

BME stands for?

True/False: I'm going to try my best and make myself, my parents, and Ms. Howard proud :)

Giving something non-human, human-like characteristics is called?

A comparison without using "like" or "as" is called?

The feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage is called?

What 3 things must you know to help you with a nonfiction summary? 

The overall lesson that should be learned after reading a text? 

A literary work that is an account of one's personal experiences is called?

A written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks

True/False: I should only use a dictionary if the word is in bold and underlined.

Phrases used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true are called?

A writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work.