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8th grade Reading STAAR Review
8th grade Reading STAAR Review
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A #reading #staar quiz for 8th grade
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If characters have a problem what is it called?
conflict
connection
prob
beef
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The dictionary definition is called
tone
diction
connotation
denotation
3
He and She are examples of _______.
4th POV
1st POV
3rd POV
2nd POV
4
The character says one thing but means another. "The locker room smells really awesome!"
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
5
Internal conflict
man v. self
man v. man
man v. society
man v. nature
6
The following is an example of
personification
hyperbole
minions
onamonapia
7
What are you going to do on Wednesday?
Use all the strategies Mrs. McClung taught me
Pass the STAAR Reading
sleep
Do the best I can
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What is 3rd person objective?
Narrator doesn't reveal any of the characters thoughts
There is no narrator
Narrator only reveals one characters thoughts
Narrator tells the thoughts of more than one character
9
When looking up the word "reliable" in the dictionary what would I search for?
reliable
rely
reli
able
10
What are the 5 W's and H?
Who, What, When, Where, How
Who, What, When, Why, How
Who, What, When, Where, Why
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
11
What do you use to get the summary of a non-fiction piece?
5 W's & H
longest answer
beginning, middle, and end
guess
12
The bad guy in a fiction piece is known as the
protagonist
antonym
synonym
antagonist
13
The first definition in the dictionary is always right.
False
True
14
Another word for exposition is?
introduction
turning point
falling action
rising action
15
Where in a story can you find the climax?
end
anywhere
beginning
middle
16
The idea or feeling a word invokes is known as ________.
Connotation
Denotation
Mood
Diction
17
"Happier than a kid in a candy store" is an example of a
metaphor
sentence
similie
hyperbole
18
When a character is speaking it is called
opinions
words
text evidence
dialogue
19
First person point-of-view
He, She
I, me
None
You
20
"Beautiful butterflies flew over the babbling brook" is an example of...
alliteration
consonance
repetition
assonance
21
Which is an internal conflict?
man vs. self
man vs. animal
man vs. society
man vs. man
22
First thing you do before reading a passage?
chunk the passage
number your paragraphs
put my name on it
deconstruct the questions
23
Another word for infer is...
point of view
closely matches
conclude
summary
24
To infer you must have 2 things. What are they?
background knowledge & text evidence
an educated guess & text evidence
an education & a guess
background knowledge & an educated guess
25
Another word for authors word choice
denotation
diction
mood
tone
26
What is theme?
the message
plot
conflict
climax
27
External Conflict
man v. society
man v. man
man v. self
man v. nature
28
A scene where the narrative is taken back in time from the current point of the story
flashback
future
foreshadowing
falling action
29
What is fiction?
Fake / False
free-verse
poetry
True / Real
30
Who is the good guy in a fiction piece?
antonym
antagonist
protagonist
synonym
31
A good breakfast before STAAR is
poptarts
chips
candy
oatmeal
32
What is foreshadowing?
Something taking place in the present
Something that will never happen
Something that happened in the past
A suggestion of something that will happen in the future
33
Giving non-human objects human characteristics is called _____________.
personification
hyperbole
simile
onamonapia
34
When the narrator is all knowing it is called _______
3rd person limited
1st person limited
1st person omniscent
3rd person omniscient
35
When the reader understands more about the events than the character
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
36
What is a simile?
Comparison using like, as, or than
Comparison without using like or as
Comparison without using like, as, or than
Comparison using like or as
37
When information in a passage is organized by the
time
in which each event occurred is called
Chronological order
spatial
Order of importance
sequence
38
When two words are similar they are known as
synonym
antanoym
protagonist
antagonist
39
When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
40
What do we call the short paragraphs we find in poetry?
lines
stanzas
paragraphs
a block of text
