Grade 8 STAAR Reading

Words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a word to help you understand its meaning.

Poetry that has no set pattern or rhyme scheme.

A metaphor that is carried throughout an entire work or several lines of poetry

Short poems expressing personal emotions, sometimes set to music.

Which is an example of a factual claim?

Language that isn't intended to be taken literally

Which is NOT an example of author's purpose?

The universal idea of a piece of fiction that speak to the human experience.

A poem that deals with amusing happenings.

All of the plot elements in chronological order

The antagonist is...

Which is NOT a text STRUCTURE?

Which of the following is written in 3rd person where the reader knows everyone's feelings?

Language that utilizes the 5 senses to help you experience the story

The protagonist is...

When a POV is limited to one character's thoughts and feelings, it is considered...

_____ reveals the setting, props, actions, and emotional tone in a dramatic work.

When the narrator only reveals the actions and words of a character without feelings, it's...

Someone who writes plays.

Traditional or sacred stories to explain a belief or the creation of something.

The opposition of characters or internal/external forces that builds tension in a story.

A word element that occurs before or after a root word to modify its meaning.

Which of the following is NOT a nonfiction text FEATURE?

Which is a strategy you should use on the STAAR Reading test?

Time and place in which a story happens.

The point where a story's problem is worked out.

A subplot is a...

A poem that tells a story to entertain.

Which of the following is NOT an element of the setting?

Who has everything they need to pass the STAAR?

Makes sense

When you reduce large sections of a text to the main ideas, it's called...

Which is NOT an example of literary nonfiction?

The words in a dramatic work that are spoken out loud.