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8th grade ELAR STAAR review
8th grade ELAR STAAR review
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Review concepts and question stems for the Reading STAAR
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The main character deals with emotions or is facing a difficult decision in this conflict?
Complex
External
Trivial
Internal
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In a drama when two or more characters are engage in conversation with each other.
Author's purpose
Mood
Dialogue
Personification
3
An interruption in a story that refers back to something that happened in the past.
Flashback
Author's purpose
Text evidence
Foreshadowing
4
"Paragraph 15 is mainly about......" This question stem is related to:
Main Idea
Inference
Author's purpose
Conflict
5
When answering questions, you should
Re read question & prove your answer before you choose
re read the question & guess
Read only the right answer
always pick B
6
The climate of feeling in a story created by the author's setting, images, and words
Conflict
Mood
Tone
Imagery
7
A group of lines that form a division in a poem.
Division
Sequence
Paragraph
Stanza
8
The organization the author uses to write something.
Compare/Contrast
Text structure
Problem/Soluton
Cause/Effect
9
States one person's beliefs, feelings, or thoughts.
Opinion
Inference
Fact
Flashback
10
The setting, characters, and any important background information is revealed in the...
Resolution
Conflict
Theme
Exposition
11
The lesson learned through the meaning of the story...
Conflict
Theme
Setting
Main idea
12
Recognizing similarities and differences between two selections.
Cause/Effect
Text structure
Problem/Solution
Compare/Contrast
13
When and where a story takes place is called the...
Exposition
Setting
Venue
Scene
14
This conflict involves the main character facing challenges of values, customs, and convictions
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
15
Can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources.
Inference
Commonplace assertion
Opinion
Fact
16
An issue with your new haircut is an example of:
Need a new hair stylist
Internal conflict
Shave your head
External conflict
17
When taking the Reading STAAR which one of these will help you to be successful?
Use strategies
Sleep
Nothing
Choose C
18
Poetry, drama, fiction, and non- fiction are all types of literature.
Genre
Persuasive
Narrative
literature
19
"What can the reader conclude about........" This question stem is related to:
Inference
Text evidence
Author's purpose
Mood
20
What is this question stem related to: "The author organizes this article by....."
Text evidence
Text structure
Author's purpose
Author's point of view
21
The series of events that begins with the inciting incident and ends with the climax
Conflict
Exposition
Falling action
Resolution
22
"Which sentence from the story support the idea........" This question stem is related to:
Text evidence
Author's point of view
Author's purpose
Text structure
23
Universal idea about life supported by the passage; life lesson.
Mood
Personification
Theme
Author's purpose
24
"The author's choice of words create an atmosphere........" This question stem is related to:
Inference
Author's purpose
Text evidence
Mood
25
"Which phrase from the story reveals the idea that........" This question stem is related to:
Author's purpose
Inference
Mood
Text evidence
26
What strategy should you use when you come to an unknown word?
Guess
Use a dictionary
Nothing
27
Is meant to "Inform or Explain"
Expository
Persuasive
Narrative
Genre
28
The overall feeling or atmosphere a writer creates in the text.
Mood
Flashback
Author's purpose
Tone
29
The main character in a drama or literary piece.
Antagonist
Narrator
Protaganist
Setting
30
Determining the unknown words by the words around it.
Context clues
Synonyms
Personification
Dictionary
31
This conflict is one person against another
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Man
32
Is meant to "Entertain"
Persuasive
Genre
Narrative
Expository
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Choosing the word that means the OPPOSITE as the underlined word in the question.
Antonym
Irony
Context clue
Synonym