STAAR Review 1
The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to understand
What is theme or message?
pieces of information that support the main idea
What are key details?
groups of lines in a poem
What are stanzas?
a view or judgement formed or made about something or someone that isn't necessarily based on something that is factual; a personal thought, judgment or belief
What is an opinion?
True or False: I should always prove my answers.
True
a person who gives an account or tells the story of events
What is the narrator?
a direct comparison using the words "like" or "as"
What is a similie?
Parts of words that can be added to the end of a root word to change its meaning
What is a suffix?
words that link readers to the five senses: touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste
What is sensory language or imagery?
There will be multiselect questions on the Reading STAAR. What is a multiselect question?
Student can select more than one correct answer from a set of possible answers.
the story is told from the point of view of a character in the story
What is 1st Person point of view?
Mrs. Adams said, “Be sure to check
your answers to make sure they are
accurate before turning in your test.”
What does accurate mean in this
sentence?
What is "correct"?
"A heart of gold" is an example of this kind of comparison
What is a metaphor?
A reading that is meant to be performed on a stage
What is a drama?
What is the difference between a short constructed response and an extended constructed response?
Short Constructed Response we use RACE.
Extended Constructed Response is an essay response using RACECE.
Parts of words that can be added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning
What is a prefix?
Another word for problem
What is conflict?
The things that happen in a story
What are events?
People or animals that take part in a story or play
What are characters?
When you think you have the correct answer, what should you do?
Go back to the text and find evidence to support it
What the text is mostly about
What is the main idea?
the solution to a problem
What is a resolution?
In a drama, the words that are the characters' conversations are ...
What is dialogue?
A story structure in which the events of the story are told in order
What is sequence?
True or False: If I don't finish my test by the end of the day, I can just finish it the next day.
FALSE! You will have no more than 7 hours to finish your test.