STAAR Review 1
The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to understand
What is theme or message?
groups of lines in a poem
What are stanzas?
What is a prefix?
letters added to the beginning of a root word
the text that takes up one row in a poem
What is a line?
to retell a story in your own words
the voice of the poem
Who is the speaker or narrator?
The the words that are the characters' conversations
What is dialogue?
The purpose of a text that gives information about frogs
To inform
a drawing that shows the different parts of something and how they work together, usually includes labels
What is a diagram?
What is the difference between sequential order and chronological order?
Chronological order goes in time order- THINK CLOCK, sequential is a process or order of events
Parts of words that can be added to the end of a root word to change its meaning
What is a suffix?
The things that happen in a story
What are events?
The purpose of a story about an adventurous boy who travels to outer space
To entertain
What does it mean to infer or make an inference?
what is... to make a guess about something based on facts
What is the difference between a short constructed response and an extended constructed response?
Short Constructed Response is a brief explanation to show your understanding (1-2 sentences).
Extended Constructed Response is an essay response.
What the text is mostly about
What is the main idea?
an exaggeration that makes things sound bigger and better than they are
What is a hyperbole?
The purpose of a text about why you should recycle
To persuade
to form a picture of in the mind
What is visualize or imagery?
What does the C on the RACES writing strategy stand for?
Cite text evidence
pieces of information that support the main idea
What are key details?
a word which means the same or is similar to another word
What is a synonym?
the words that describe a picture or graph in a magazine, book, or newspaper
What is a caption?
What makes a strong summary?
The beginning, middle and end of a text