Parts of a Story
3rd Grade STAAR Strategies
NON-FICTION
3rd Grade Grammar
Poetry
100

This is where the story takes place.

What is the setting.

100

You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible.

False: it is more important to do your best than be the first one finished.

100

The message or the lesson that the author wants you to take away from the story.

What is a Theme?

100

A prefix and suffix are found on this part of word.

What is the beginning for a prefix and the end for a suffix?

100

What is a kind of poem that does not have a rhyme pattern or rhythm?

 What is Free Verse.

200

This describes how a character relates to another character in the story.

What are character relationships?

200

What words can you use to begin the last part of TAGI?

What is "Based on the evidence" or "Now you know".

200

The author wrote the passage to entertain, inform or persuade us as a reader.

What is Author's purpose?

200

Comparing two things using like or as.

What is a simile?

200

What is a sentence called in a poem?

What is a Line.

300

What part of the story is this:

The girl was caught in the rain without an umbrella. Ruining her hair for picture day.

What is the problem?

300

When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by finding text evidence to support your thinking.

True: This will help you get the correct answer.

300

Heading, Glossary, Picture, Caption and Map

What are non-fiction text features?

300

When words in a phrase or sentence have the same beginning sounds or beginning letters of words. 

What is an Alliteration.

300

What is a group of lines called in a poem?

What is a stanza.
400

This usually leads to the problem.

What is what the character wants or needs.

400

When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a 1-2 minute brain break after completing a passage and questions. True or False?

True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an ooportunity to rest and "forget" the information you just read about before continuing to a new text. 

400

This kind of writing tells about the life of a person.

What is a biography?

400

What is a sound word called?

 What is Onomatopoeia.

400

What kind of poem tells a story?

What is a narrative poem.

500

When the character solves their problem...this is known as the...

What is the resolution or solution

500

 For each test you will have all day to complete it. If you don't know an answer, flag it and come back to it. Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test. Take your time. No cell phones. 

True!

500

What is it called when something happens because of something else?

What is cause and effect

500

These phrases are examples of what?

The wind howled at night. The book was so popular it flew off the shelves. The last piece of pie was calling my name.

Personification - giving human qualities to things and ideas that are not humans.

500

What does an author use to help the reader create pictures in their head and appeals to the senses?

What is imagery.

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