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A Reading STAAR review for 4th grade
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When thinking about CAUSE & EFFECT relationships.... what does CAUSE mean?
WHERE something happens (the PLACE)
WHEN something happens (the TIME)
WHY something happens (the REASON)
WHAT happens (the RESULT)
2
Which sentence below is a fact?
Harry Potter is the best book ever.
Harry Potter was written by J. K. Rowling.
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What is a drama?
A fight between friends at school
A piece of writing that has stanzas and rhyme
Something you should save for your mama or your llama
A play that is meant to be acted out in front of an audience
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What is an opinion?
Something that can be proven true or false
What someone thinks, feels, or believes
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What are context clues?
Clues that you use to find the meaning of life
Clues that a reader uses to locate the title of a book
Clues that you use to find the meaning of an unknown word
Clues a detective uses to solve a murder
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What should you think about when trying to determine THEME?
All of these and any LIFE LESSONS in the story
What lessons the characters learned
How the characters changed
What bigger message or lesson the author could be saying
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How do you INFER?
Think about what MIGHT happen or could have caused something
I can INFER using all of these!
Think about what I already know based on my experiences
Think about how the characters feel and what they learned
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Which sentence below is an opinion?
My teacher went to college at Texas State.
My teacher went to the best college in Texas.
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What is a playwright?
The person who paints the background for each scene
The narrator in the play/drama
The author of the play/drama
The person who acts in the play/drama
10
What type of context clue is given for the underlined word?
Definition
Example
Antonym
Synonym
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Poetry can...
....be all of these!
...be about any topic.
...be short or long.
...express feelings.
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Which sense does the following appeal to?
Touch
Hear
Sight
Taste
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What is an INFERENCE?
A cloud bubble above a character's head
The lesson or message in a story
A guess based on what you read AND what you already know
A really fast car
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What is the purpose of having stage directions in a drama?
They tell the actors what to do and where to go.
They are the "chapters" of a play/drama.
They are where and when the play/drama takes place.
They are the speaking parts of each character.
15
What type of context clue is given for the underlined word?
Antonym
Example
Fiction
Definition
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A single line of poetry is called a
stanza
rhyme
line
football
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What type of context clue is given for the underlined word?
Synonym
Definition
Antonym
Example
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Good summaries in FICTION include
the main characters and events in the story
all of these! (Also known as BME!)
the problem and solution
the setting
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What ELSE does your teacher say and want you to remember?
That I'm cute and cuddly like a giant teddy bear
That she loves me and wants me to do my best
That she thinks I'm crazy and a terrible gamer
That I know how to beat this test and I really CAN do it
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What is a THEME in a story?
The main idea of a passage
The cast of characters in a story
The moral, message, or life lesson
The reason life exists on Earth
21
Which sense does the following appeal to?
Smell
Sight
Taste
Touch
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What are the elements of a drama?
characters, stage directions, setting, dialogue, acts/scenes
lines, stanzas, rhyme, rhythm, imagery
synonyms, antonyms, definition, examples
main idea, important details, repeated key words/ideas
23
Which sense does the following appeal to?
Touch
Hear
Taste
Sight
24
All poems have to rhyme.
True
False
25
Which sense does the following appeal to?
Taste
Hear
Touch
Sight
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What is a narrator in a drama?
Outside the story & gives more info about the characters
A character that is invisible and sneaky
The playwright of the play/drama who wants you to like it
The author of the play/drama
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When thinking about CAUSE & EFFECT relationships.... what does EFFECT mean?
WHY something happens (the REASON)
WHAT happens (the RESULT)
WHERE something happens (the PLACE)
WHEN something happens (the TIME)
28
What type of context clue is given for the underlined word?
Definition
Synonym
Antonym
Example
29
What does your teacher always say about STAAR tests and multiple choice questions?
The answer is on the page!
It takes one to know one!
Move it or lose it!
May the force be with you!
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Which sense does the following appeal to?
Touch
Sight
Taste
Smell
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Imagery is using words to "paint a picture" that appeals to the five senses.
False
True
32
Good summaries in NONFICTION include
only the most important details
repeated key words or ideas
the main idea
all of these!
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Which of these is not a type of context clue?
Definition
Fingerprint
Example
Synonym/Antonym
34
Lines of poetry grouped together like a paragraph is called a
Stanza
Paragraph
Scene
Line
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What is a fact?
What someone thinks, feels, or believes
Something that can be proven true or false
