STAAR Reading Test Prep 2022

What a text is mainly about

A brief statement about the story's main events: beginning, middle, end

The beginning of a story where setting, characters, and conflict are introduced.

Words, phrases or images that are repeated to emphasize an idea

Understanding something in a story that is suggested but NOT directly stated

A big exaggeration to emphasie something

Each time I heard the approaching steps of the guards, I jumped into bed and FEIGNED sleep to avoid any confrontation.

A writer believes if fines were increased, people would stop using their cell phones while driving

Text organization that informs the reader of events in the order they happen

Repeating of the consonant sounds at the beginning of words

The problem to be overcome in a story

Mood is best defined as

Which is third-person limited POV ?

The final outcome of a story

Usually I enjoy feeding the fine bird dogs; but not today. I went through the motions silently. My heart was not in it.

A story written to be performed by actors; a play

He had a habit of staying until my mother had to prepare supper, and CONSEQUENTLY, felt obliged to ask him to stay

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Hints or clues about event that will happen later in the story

The turning point point or highest point of conflict

"Let's go see what's in the jar," someone said. "No, don't," said Thomas firmly. "It's too dangerous. Keep walking."

When a story and is told from one character's point of view; uses "I" "Me" and "We"

Which device? She was tall and thin with hair black as night and a sweet face that could never hide her thoughts.

Comparison between two things using LIKE or AS

Which is an idiom?

Giving human characteristics or trait to something not human

Mama is a sunrise that promises a bright tomorrow

Text organization to show similarities and differences between topics

Character who creates conflict aganist the main character

Text organization that presents a situation and provides reason why

When the story suddenly goes back to events from an earlier time

I thought about what I would do next. A trick is one thing, but Louis was going crazy, and Ginny was hurt!

A comparison between two things by calling one thing another

The time and place a story occurs

instructions for actors not intended to be spoken aloud

Parts added to a non fiction text to aid understanding such as subtitles, photographs, diagrams, maps, etc..

With a desperate lunge, Albert clutched the edge of the loft, clinging to the edge with his legs dangling beneath him.

The reason a text is written

Events that build the conflict and suspense of the story

The time and place a story happens

Forming decisions or opinions about a text using inferences

Which includes all parts of the setting?

the message that is the life lesson

conversations in a text between characters

"What happened?" we asked each other. "What's going on?" We pressed our faces against the window and peered inside.

Which shows foreshadowing?

The sequence of events in a story

Clues that help a reader determine a word's meaning

An expression that has an "understood" meaning different than the literal words

A writer tells the story of a boy who come to America from Japan with his family

I turned and looked at him, waiting. What did he want now? I could feel my heart pounding. I was going to be sick.

Problems or struggles that build suspense or tension in the story

Words that sound the way they are spelled; sound devices

Text organization that provided step-by-step instructions

a text that is made up; not real

Paragraphs in poetry are called

the events that build or make a story

The speaker who is telling the story

The main character that the story centers around

"I'm old enough to go on the hunt," I said. My father laughed, "At ten? I'm afraid not." "But" I started. "No!" he said.

The perspective from which a story is told