You're a STAAR!

if there is no dictionary in your testing room too bad for you

she's as graceful as a butterfly

a comparison without using like or as

the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live

the perspective from which a story is told

when the reader knows the thoughts and feelings of the narrator - the narrator is a character

you can't use mechanical pencils on STAAR

the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character

If you haven't bubbled your answer sheet and time is up we will let you bubble it

Everything is AWESOME!

YOU SHOULD USE THE DICTIONARY

The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

You do not get to eat anything for the 4 hours you are taking STAAR

affix that can be added to the beginning of the word

narrator knows and can reveal the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

Boys are stronger than girls

main part of a word that determines meaning

lunch will not be until 1:00 on testing days

a statement that many people assume to be true, but which is not necessarily true at all

a group of lines in a poem

Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning

She's as sharp as a tack

you can use your own dictionary on the STAAR

a struggle between two opposing forces

the elements that make up a fictional story

he's a beast

outside narrator doesn't tell character motivation, thoughts or feelings

a belief or statement taken for granted without proof

proof that your answer is right with information from text

a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

You can and SHOULD use a dictionary on the reading test

My mom makes the best cake!

events leading up to the climax

A central idea of a work that applies generally to life

That boy is a cheetah

every answer is in the text of the reading test you just have to find it