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STAAR Review: 4th and 5th Grade
1. What does theme mean?
2. What are stage directions?
STAAR Review: 4th and 5th Grade
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2. What are stage directions?
the time and place in which a story occurs
instructions that give information about characters, dialogue, setting
the reason an author writes about a particular topic
the basic sequence of events in a story
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1. What does theme mean?
the story elements of the text
the problem in the text
the central or universal idea of a text, also known as a message or lesson
the language used to help the reader visualize
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6. Which of these could be a theme of a text?
Helping others is rewarding.
Working with others is always challenging.
You should always work in partners.
It is fun to work with other people.
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15. Why would an author use this metaphor: She is a tornado as she goes through her room.
to show the girl is cleaning her room
to show the girl thinks it will be sunny
to show the girl thinks it will rain
to show the girl is making a mess in her room
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10. An informational text about how a group found ways to clean up trash around their school could be written in-
compare and contrast text structure
problem and solution text structure
cause and effect text structure
chronological order text structure
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14. What type of figurative language is this - She saw soft, squishy sand.
simile
metaphor
alliteration
personification
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3. True or False - Plot is the basic sequence of events in a story.
True
False
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11. What type of figurative language is this -
It's raining cats and dogs today!
metaphor
personification
simile
idiom
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12. What type of figurative language is this --
She ran like a cheetah across the finish line!
metaphor
simile
personifcation
idiom
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5. What is dialogue?
the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text.
words spoken by characters.
when the story’s problem is worked out.
literary works written in a stage play format.
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9. A biography of someone's life is most likely written in a-
compare and contrast text structure
sequence/chronological order text structure
cause and effect text structure
problem and solution text structure
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7. True or False: The way characters react, learn, grow, or change provide clues that suggest a story's theme.
False
True
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I ate the sweet cupcake and enjoyed every sugary bite
. This sentence appeals to the reader's sense of-
smell
taste
touch
hearing
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8. What are literary elements?
characters, setting, plot, events
dialogue and stage directions only
problem and solution only
characters and setting only
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13. What type of figurative language is this --
The clock stared at me as I waited to leave.
metaphor
personification
simile
idiom
