STAAR reading 8th grade - level 1

A story about someone's life

Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"

Text that explains, describes, or informs

A statement that can be proven true or false when researched is a

The main unit of a poem; varies in length.

Language that appeals to the 5 senses

The earth is a green blanket- What kind of speech is this?

Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning

"The tree danced in the breeze" is an example of

A struggle between two opposing forces

"We are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie."

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

The perspective from which a story is told is the

Identify the figurative language: "The leather purse was as soft as a baby's skin."

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

The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur

A reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or work is