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STAAR Review
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A quick review of vocabulary encountered on the STAAR test.
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Narrator is a character in the story and uses "I" and "me."
The dog ate my homework again.
second person point of view
third person point of view
first person point of view
2
The order in which things happens is
sequence
.
false
true
3
The clues around a bold or underlined word that help you know what the word means
context clues
Catch a clue.
comfort clues
I have no clue.
4
The time and place of a story---
setting
plot
tone
theme
5
The story of a person's life written by another person is a ---
autobiography
memoir
biography
6
A brief explanation or description of an illustration, table, or photograph
caption
campaign
captain
caution
7
When an inanimate object or idea is given human characteristics
metaphor
simile
allusion
personification
8
The main problem a character faces is ---
conflict
tone
mood
alliteration
9
If you express the same message in different words, you are ---
putrefying
plagiarizing
paraphrasing
pulverizing
10
Similarities and differences between two things are --
comparison
contrast
compare/contrast
contralto
11
The paragraphs of poetry are called:
meters
stanzas
paragraphs
sentences
12
Can you use a dictionary on the reading STAAR?
YES!
If you have enough money.
NO!
Only if you are polite.
13
A(n) ___ is a passage taken from a book.
opinion
excerpt
prefix
fact
14
Ideas that help support the main idea
legs
thought bubbles
details
dialogue
15
The feeling created in the
reader
by a literary work or passage is ---
sequence
plot
tone
mood
16
The turning point in the story---
falling action
rising action
resolution
climax
17
The
reason
an author writes a selection is ---
become a YouTube star
author's viewpoint
author's purpose
to make money
18
The result of a cause
egg
exasperation
excellent
effect
19
A text structure that presents a problem and offers a means to solve it.
problem/solution
chronological
compare/contrast
20
A __ is a word with the same meaning as a given word.
antonym
synonym
21
A person, animal, or imaginary being in a story
theme
plot
character
setting
22
A comparison that does
not
use like or as is
metaphor
personification
simile
inference
23
Words with opposite meanings are ---
synonyms
antonyms
24
To retell only the most important ideas and details
summarize
define
theorize
paraphrase
25
Clues that suggest what might happen in the future ---
flashback
foreshadowing
flash-forward
26
A statement that can be proved to be true or false
fact
opinion
theory
suggestion
27
The way an author chooses to present information
text messaging
text structure
text #PapaSlam
text evidence
28
A person, thing, or event that makes something happen--
cause
effect
29
Using your prior knowledge and evidence from the story to draw a conclusion is --
making an inference
preparing for the worst
keeping it together
using your memory
30
The major events of a story.
diagram
fiction
plot
31
An opinion is a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.
true
false
32
The message or lesson of a selection is ---
plot
theme
character
outline
33
A comparison that uses
like
or
as
---
metaphor
simile
allusion
personification
34
The
attitude
of the
author toward the audience and characters
( for example, serious or angry)
tone
mood
style
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If the narrator of the story primarily uses
he, she, or they
, then it's--
second person point of view
Ghosts! I've seen them!
third person point of view
first person point of view
