STAAR Reading Review

The text show how ideas/things are alike or different

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

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

How do you choose the best SUMMARY of a passage?

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

_________ is a made up story.

Which is the best example of alliteration?

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

Usually written in short line that often rhyme

__________ tell actors what to do in a drama.

Something that stands for or represents something else is a

Sometimes authors repeat words or phrases to

The stars danced playfully in the moonlight.

Connotation is

Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter's bitter.

What is an EXCERPT?

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

Writer places events in the order that they happen

Poems are broken into _________.

What does the word CONVEY mean?

A statement that cannot be proven

Point of view when narrator has knowledge about ALL characters.

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

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

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

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

The theme of a poem/text is _________.

Written with the purpose to persuade-

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

The attitude of the speaker in the story is called-

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

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

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

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

Type of structure when all information is organized by like groups

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

The problem or struggle a character faces

Skits and plays are called

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

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

A piece of writing that a person writes about his/her life

Irony is ____________________

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

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

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

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

This point of view is told from an outside narrator.

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

A statement that is proven with facts-