Before reading the selection, you should always do this.
What is read the questions?
100
The word part that can help you determine the meaning of a word.
What is the root?
(OR Prefix OR Suffix)
100
Something that is true and can be verified.
What is a fact?
200
Comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
The place and time of a story.
What is the setting?
200
The prize given to the 1st student to finish the STAR reading test.
What is nothing, zero, ziltch, nada, etc.?
(Don't rush! Take your time!)
200
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
What are homographs?
200
Making a guess as to what you think will happen next in a story.
What is a prediction?
300
Simile, metaphor, or neither: The night was a black cat.
What is a metaphor?
300
The main problem of the story.
What is the conflict?
300
True or False: You should eat a HUGE breakfast the morning of the test.
What is FALSE?
(You should eat a HEALTHY breakfast . . . a huge breakfast can make your tired and reduce brain function.)
300
Many of our roots come from these 2 languages.
What are Latin & Greek?
300
Organized in time order
What is chronological or sequential?
400
Simile, metaphor, or neither: The car raced up the street as fast as a rocket.
What is simile?
400
What the story is about
What is the plot?
400
I should do this if I'm stuck on a question.
What is skip it and come back later?
OR What is eliminate obviously wrong choices and make my best guess?
400
When an object is used to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
400
An educated guess supporting by the information contained in the story.
What is an inference?
500
My parents took the shortcut as they had many times before.
What is neither?
500
The high point of a story.
What is the climax?
500
I should do this if I finish early.
What is check over all my answers.
Make sure all bubbles are filled in correctly and that stray marks are erased.
Re-Read passages and/or questions that game me trouble.