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What is the author trying to CONVEY
the theme has to...
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the theme has to...
apply to everyone
apply to teachers
apply to only middle schoolers
apply only to the characters in the story
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What is the author trying to CONVEY
the main idea
theme
communicate/say
persuade you to do
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stanza
lines in poetry
title of a poem
paragraphs in poetry
last word in a poem
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factual claim
words that are opinions
words that are false
words that are facts
words that are a myth
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Character traits
the characters actions
the characters family
the characters personality
how the character feels
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context clue
words in quotes
definition of a word
words under the title
words that help you understand the meaning of another word
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inform
show
do
tell
have
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Which is the best strategy to use to get more information and better understanding?
infer
re-read the story
find key words
visualize
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Can you use a dictionary on STAAR?
yes
yes, wordweb
no, only guess
no, skip it
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demonstrate
guess
have
show
do
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When the answers are in italics
they are from the title
they are dialogue
they are from the topic sentence
they are from the story
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Which is NOT a type of nonfiction
sequence (order)
compare/contrast
folktale
cause/effect
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What does PIE stand for?
procrastinate, inform, elaborate
persuade, inform, entertain
pieces, instruct, entertain
persuade, introduce, entertain
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While reading you realize you don't understand what you are reading. What do you do?
use context clues
stop and re-read
read faster
finish and then go back
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What is the authors purpose acronym?
PIE
PEI
IEP
EIP
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What is a theme?
the reason the author wrote the story
the title
the authors purpose
moral/lesson
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author wrote this SELECTION
question
definition
story
vocabulary word
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When you look at pictures and graphs before you read what strategy are you using?
visualize
preview
purpose
background knowledge
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biography
written about their biggest accomplishments
written about only a part of someones life
written about someone
all of the above
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Which requires you to use words or phrases from the text to determine the meaning of an unknown word?
check for understanding
context clues
summarize
think aloud
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What is ALMOST ALWAYS the authors purpose in fiction stories?
To bore you
Persuade
Entertain
Inform
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How should you answer a summary question?
what's BME?
some details, some main idea from BME
main idea from BME
details from BME
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What changes if there are different scenes in a drama
character
setting
dialogue
conflict
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What's the best hint with the main idea?
title
subtitles
pictures
questions
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What should you do while reading?
not pay attention
visualize
re-read confusing parts
stop when you're lost
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synonym
opposite
same
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contrast
different
similar
definition
title
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Which stories follow a plot diagram?
nonfiction
fiction
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What is visualizing?
drawing a picture in the margin
making a picture in your head
annotating
acting the story out
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What is the speaker's TONE
dialogue
attitude
feeling
purpose
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descriptive language
describes the surroundings
creates imagery
describes the 5 senses
underlined words
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What should you do when you come across a word you don't know?
use context clues
skip it
read it again
look it up
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What is ALMOST ALWAYS the authors purpose in nonfiction stories?
Persuade
To bore you
Entertain
Inform
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Which genre should you take the most time with?
nonfiction
fiction
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Dialogue
words in quotes
convey
diagram
conversation between characters
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Antonym
the same
opposite
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How do I know the stories are going to be compared? (on STAAR)
the next story is right after the first
there are no questions about the first story
there are no questions about the second story
the second story is shorter
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What's a simile?
comparing two things using like or as
comparing two things
using like or as
comparing two things not using like or as
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What is the best way to practice for the Reading STAAR test?
read
read
read
read
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What is an inference?
what they tell you about a topic you don't know
what you already know + what they tell you to predict
a guess using what they tell you
what you know about the topic to make a prediction
