Vocabulary
What is another word for 'central idea'?
Main idea
What are written stories about people and events that are not real?
Fiction
What are words or phrases that introduce a section or subsection of the text, helping readers organize and locate information?
What is a conversation between characters set off by quotation marks?
Dialogue
Ture or False: you are allowed to talk and look at other people's screens during STAAR
False
What is it called when you give human actions to something that isn't human, like an animal or object, to make writing more interesting?
What is writing that is about facts or real events?
Non-fiction
What is the small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture?
Caption
What are the types of author's purpose? (Hint:PIE)
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
True or False: You should do process of elimination for all questions?
True
Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word
context clues
What is a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage?
Drama
What are words that are emphasized to highlight their importance or to show a relationship between word called?
Bold Words
What is it called when a story is talking about sensory details, what does it mean?
Anything to do with the 5 senses.
See, taste, smell, hear, and touch
If the story is Fiction, what should you be thinking about and taking notes on as you read?
Characters
Setting
Problem
Solution
What do call the moral or lesson of a story?
Theme
What is a piece of writing, often with rhyming words and a particular rhythm, that uses imaginative language to express emotions and experiences?
What is a drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes labels and captions?
Diagram
What is it called when the question doesn't give you any answer choices, but it tells you to write your response in the space provided?
What steps do you follow?
ECR
1. Restate the explain
2. Write at least two reasons of text evidence
3. Conclusion
If a story is non fiction, what should you be thinking about and writing notes on as you read?
The main ideas of each section or paragraph
What are words that has an opposite meaning to another word?
Antonym
When you see two passages and have to compare and contrast them, what is it called?
Paired passage
What is a list of important items that are presented in a visually organized way?
Bullet points
What point of view uses these key words
my, me, I, we, our
1st person point of view
What are the tools on your test that you should use, and will help you get a masters score?
highlight
strikthrough
dictionary