STAAR Definition Practice 4th Grade

Question 1

A summary is a short statement of the main points of a story that leaves out some of the details that aren’t important.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What is a particular type of literature? Ex: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, drama, etc.

Accepted Answer

Genre

Question 3

What is a make believe story that is meant to entertain readers, but has elements that could not happen in real life?

Accepted Answer

Fiction

Question 4

What is a conclusion reached based on clues, evidence, and reasoning

Accepted Answer

Inferencing (infer)

Question 5

A cause is what happens as a result and an effect is when one event causes another to happen.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What is the time and place the action happens.

Accepted Answer

Setting

Question 7

What point-of-view is from the person in the story is talking about themself: I, me, my, we, us, and our?

Accepted Answer

First Person

Question 8

A synonym is a statment that can be proven true.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What is a letter or group of letters that is added to the end of a root word?

Accepted Answer

Suffix

Question 10

What is it called when a story has something to teach its reader; sometimes called a moral, central or main message?

Accepted Answer

Lesson/Theme

Question 11

What is a figure of speech in which 2 things are compared using like or as?

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 12

Who is the person telling the story?

Accepted Answer

Narrator

Question 13

What is a reason an author decides to write about a specific topic; to persuade, inform, entertain?

Accepted Answer

Authors Purpose

Questions 13