Summer School - Random Acts of STAAR Reading 3.0

Question 1

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?

Accepted Answer

fire

Question 2

Which months have 31 days?

Accepted Answer

January, March, May, July, August, October, December

Question 3

During Thanksgiving, people in England eat the most...

Accepted Answer

None

Question 4

What company owns Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Dreamworks, ABC, and ESPN?

Accepted Answer

Disney

Question 5

the problem in the story

Accepted Answer

conflict

Question 6

What tool can you ASK FOR to help you identify the sentences in questions on a STAAR test?

Accepted Answer

highlighter

Question 7

THE FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY IS OFTEN THE FASTEST FREEZING AND MOST FRIGID TIME OF THE YEAR.

Accepted Answer

9

Question 8

What is the magical, answer-giving, almost-like-cheating book you can use during a STAAR test?

Accepted Answer

dictionary

Question 9

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 10

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Curtis James Jackson III

Question 11

told from the view point of one of the characters using "I" and "we"

Accepted Answer

first person point of view

Question 12

Which one is the same when spelled backwards?

Accepted Answer

Madam, I'm Adam., Did Hannah say as Hannah did?, Todd erases a red dot., Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

persuasive

Question 14

Do you get the irony?

Accepted Answer

I think so., Nope., Yes, let me explain...

Question 15

a selection that includes steps on how to make or do something (like a recipe)

Accepted Answer

procedural

Question 16

When unscrambled, what do the letters in this word spell out: LISTEN?

Accepted Answer

SILENT

Question 17

where and when the story takes place

Accepted Answer

setting

Question 18

a short version of the article that only includes the main points

Accepted Answer

summary

Question 19

How many birth days end in "Y"

Accepted Answer

all

Question 20

the use of words to represent sounds (example: BOOM!)

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 21

a passage or selection that is informational or based on fact

Accepted Answer

nonfiction

Question 22

comparing two objects using "like" or "as"

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 23

In alphabetical order, which word comes third?

Accepted Answer

absolute

Summer School - Random Acts of STAAR Reading 3.0

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Summer School - Random Acts of STAAR Reading 3.0

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