Parts of a Story
This is where the story takes place.
What is the setting.
You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible.
False: it is more important to do your best than be the first one finished.
The message or the lesson that the author wants you to take away from the story.
What is a Theme?
A prefix and suffix are found on this part of word.
What is the beginning for a prefix and the end for a suffix?
What is a kind of poem that does not have a rhyme pattern or rhythm?
What is Free Verse.
This describes how a character relates to another character in the story.
What are character relationships?
What words can you use to begin the last part of TAGI?
What is "Based on the evidence" or "Now you know".
The author wrote the passage to entertain, inform or persuade us as a reader.
What is Author's purpose?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
What is a sentence called in a poem?
What is a Line.
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?
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.
Heading, Glossary, Picture, Caption and Map
What are non-fiction text features?
When words in a phrase or sentence have the same beginning sounds or beginning letters of words.
What is an Alliteration.
What is a group of lines called in a poem?
This usually leads to the problem.
What is what the character wants or needs.
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.
This kind of writing tells about the life of a person.
What is a biography?
What is a sound word called?
What is Onomatopoeia.
What kind of poem tells a story?
What is a narrative poem.
When the character solves their problem...this is known as the...
What is the resolution or solution
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!
What is it called when something happens because of something else?
What is cause and effect
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.
What does an author use to help the reader create pictures in their head and appeals to the senses?
What is imagery.