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STAAR Reading vocab for 8th grade #staar8thgradereading
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1
In the PQRSTU strategy, what does the P stand for/
Prime Time
Pre-read
Proof read
Protest
2
In the PQRSTU strategy, the Q stands for what?
Questions (Copy your neighbor's answers)
Questions (read all the questions first)
Questions (answer all the questions first)
Questions (skip the questions)
3
The point where a story's problem is worked out.
climax
conflict
resolution
falling action
4
For which type of passage will you use the SAT strategy?
Non-fiction
Short Story
Poem
Drama
5
Which is a commonplace assertion?
Allegiant is the third book in the Divergent series.
Exercise alone helps you lose weight.
Sugar is good for your teeth.
Chocolate is delicious.
6
Which of the following are NOT a nonfiction text feature? (check all that apply)
Description
Compare and Contrast
Subtitles
Captions
7
When you reduce large sections of a text to the main ideas, it's called...
simplifying
creating subheadings
summarizing
paraphrasing
8
The best summary will include...
a plot.
small details.
the character's name.
a beginning, middle, and end.
9
_____ reveals the setting, props, actions, and emotional tone in a dramatic work.
FAST character analysis
narration
stage directions
dialogue
10
If the tone or attitude of a passage is positive, then the correct answer choices will -
always be neutral.
most likely be negative.
not ever make sense.
most likely be positive.
11
Which of the following is written where the reader knows everyone's feelings?
3rd person omniscient
3rd person limited
1st person
2nd person
12
What is imagery?
Words about unicorns and rainbows.
Words used by the author to help the reader visualize things
Pictures that are included in the text
Metaphors that compare life to a picture
13
Which is a strategy you should use on the STAAR Reading test?
determine what the question is asking by marking key words
provide text evidence to ensure your answer is correct
annotating the text by drawing and/or chunking/summarizing
preview the questions first so you know what to look for
14
A fallacy is...
based on scientific research.
an opinion.
not true.
a fact.
15
When doing your pre-read activities, you should...
look at pictures and subtitles
Both A and B
Predict what the title means
None of the above
16
Which is NOT an example of author's purpose?
Inform
Persuade
Describe
Reveal
17
Language that isn't intended to be taken literally
sensory language
persuasive techniques
literary devices
figurative language
18
What does the SAT strategy stand for?
Speaker, Attitude, Theme
Setting, Attitude, Theme
Setting, Attitude, Topic
Speaker, Attitude, Topic
19
Background knowledge + text evidence =
thesis
text evidence
inference
conflict
20
Language that utilizes the 5 senses to help you experience the story
literary devices
figurative language
sensory language
imagery
21
"As a result" and "consequently" are words you might see in what type of text structure?
Problem and Solution
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Descriptive
22
The protagonist is...
a secondary character
the main character
the opposing character
23
Annotate, underline information relating to the questions, and ? unfamiliar words are all -
Think through activities
Things our teacher makes us do even though we hate it.
I don't know what any of that means.
Stop and Jot activities
24
A metaphor that is carried throughout an entire work or several lines of poetry
aphorism
simile
extended metaphor
analogy
25
Someone who writes plays.
playwright
playwrite
author
director
26
If I cannot figure out what a word means using my context clues, I will...
ALWAYS use a dictionary.
ALWAYS use a dictionary.
ALWAYS use a dictionary.
ALWAYS use a dictionary.
27
Words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a word to help you understand its meaning.
Homophones
Context Clues
Affixes
Definitions
28
The words in a drama that are spoken out loud between two or more people.
dialogue
stage directions
narration
preface
29
When you can't find text evidence to support any answer choices, what can you try to do?
Skip it
Try to prove an answer choice wrong and eliminate it.
Add words to the answer choice to make it correct.
Guess
30
What can the reader conclude about the event that occurred in paragraph 3 of the passage?
Summary
Main idea
Inference
Plot/Inference
31
A play is divided into large units called _____, which are broken down into _________.
Acts/Scenes
Plots/Subplots
Rising action/Falling action
Scenes/Acts
32
What is one of the first things I will do when I begin to work on a passage?
Go to the bathroom.
Circle C for all my answer choices.
Try to answer the questions without reading the passage.
Write PQRSTU on the side of my passage.
33
"Unlike" and "compared to", are words you may see in what text structure?
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
Chronological Order
34
What is the problem in the story?
Rising action
Climax
Conflict
Resolution
35
The opposition of characters or internal/external forces that builds tension in a story.
setting
conflict
exposition
denoument
36
What does the T stand for in the PQRSTU strategy?
Talk (and disrupt the testing environment)
Think through the answers (process of elimination)
Tell (your neighbor the answers)
Text Evidence
37
The
theme
of a passage -
is not the same as the main idea.
can be applied to real life.
All of the above.
is the moral lesson the story.
38
Which of the following is NOT an element of the setting?
Physical Background
Historical Background
Cultural Background
Emotional Background
39
If even one word/phrase is incorrect in an answer choice, the answer choice is wrong.
False
True
40
Time and place in which a story happens.
historical context
culture
setting
climate
41
Which is NOT a text structure?
Sequence
Subtitles
Problem and Solution
Chronological order
42
A metaphor is...
false
Literal and means exactly what it says
Figurative and is comparing one thing to something else.
true
43
All of the plot elements in chronological order
secondary plot
text structure
linear plot
subplot
44
However, I used my strategies which helped me pass the real STAAR.
This is an example of a sequential text structure.
Cause and effect
Descriptive
Compare and Contrast
45
The antagonist is...
the main character
the opposing character
a secondary character
46
What does the R stand for in the PQRSTU strategy?
Read (the passage four times)
Read (the entire passage)
Read (skim through the passage)
Read (your neighbor's answers)
47
What is paragraph 5 mostly about?
Summary
Main Idea
Conclusion
Inference
48
Which is an example of a factual claim?
Too much sugar is bad for your health.
I think uniforms should be banned.
Traveling the world is fun.
Pizza is the best.
49
Makes sense
logical
assumption
assertion
illogical
50
A word element that occurs before or after a root word to modify its meaning.
Definition
Context Clues
Homophone
Affix
