STAAR Reading Review

How do you choose the best SUMMARY of a passage?

Written with the purpose to persuade-

What is an EXCERPT?

Usually written in short line that often rhyme

How do you choose the best summary?

You should fill out a ________ for fictional passages.

You could use a Venn diagram for this type of text structure.

Giving human attributes to a non-human thing is called _______.

This point of view uses the pronouns "I" and "we"-

A special quality or something special about one's personality is a

This point of view is when a narrator only knows the thoughts/feelings of ONE character-

________ point of view uses pronouns like "he", "she", "it", "they", or a name.

__________ tell actors what to do in a drama.

Text shows one event causes another; Look for words like because, then, since, and as a result

Words that describe how things look, sound, taste, smell and feel are known as:

The attitude of the speaker in the story is called-

Skits and plays are called

Something that stands for or represents something else is a

"But mom, the cookies jumped off the shelf to me!" is an example of:

The tone of a poem/text is best described as:

Language that appeals to the 5 senses and helps paint a picture in the reader's mind is called:

___________ point of view uses the pronoun "you"-

To be successful on the STAAR, you MUST do which of the following?

This type of point of view uses "I", "me", or "we"-

To persuade, to inform or to entertain is known as-

This point of view is told from an outside narrator.

Bill felt remorse, or SHAME for his harsh words. Which word is a context clue?

When you combine what you read with your own past experiences, you can make:

Which of the following is not a strategy used on the STAAR?

What does the word CONVEY mean?

_________ is a made up story.

Literature or other writing that is invented/made up by the author

This text structure talks about an issue and a way to solve the issue.

An account of a person's actual experience-emotional/personal/memories

What is the term used when characters are speaking?

If you come across any words that you do not know on the STAAR Reading test, you should

This text structure talks about something that happens and why it happens.

This point of view is told from a character in the story.

What does CONCLUDE mean when asked like this: "What can the reader conclude about _____?

The problem or struggle a character faces

Writer places events in the order that they happen

This text structure discusses a topic, giving the characteristics and qualities.

Sometimes authors repeat words or phrases to

______ is when words have identical or similar ending sounds.

The theme of a poem/text is _________.

Which of the following is a possible theme?

____________ is true.

The way the author creates and describes a character in a text is called:

A statement that cannot be proven

Poems are broken into _________.

The text show how ideas/things are alike or different

Point of view when narrator has knowledge about ALL characters.

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