STAAR Review 1
The message or lesson the author wants the reader to understand
What is theme?
What a particular portion of the text is mostly about.
What is the main or key idea?
It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution?
the sections that make up the acts in a drama
What are scenes?
True or False: I should take a short brain break between each reading passage on the Reading STAAR.
True!
a person who gives an account or tells the story of events
What is the narrator?
pieces of information that support the key idea
What are supporting details?
The parts in a drama that tell the actors what to do and how to act. They are normally in parenthesis.
What is stage directions?
where and when a story takes place
What is the setting?
Multi selection on the STAAR test means that the student will do this.
Student can select more than one correct answer from a set of possible answers.
the voice of the poem
What is the speaker?
Description, Compare/Contrast, Sequential Order, Cause and Effect, Problem/Solution
What are organizational patterns or nonfiction text structures?
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?
What are the elements of the plot?
rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
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.
Parts of words that can be added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning
What is a prefix?
Mr. Eddison told his students that they needed
to take all their personal belongings home. He
gave his students a speech about how lucky he
was to have them in his class. When the
dismissal bell rang, the student rushed out of
the school with excitement.
What inference can you make? What can you conclude?
It is the last day of school.
an element of literature used to hold onto the interest and anticipation of a reader throughout a story; a state of excitement or anxiety resulting from uncertainty or mystery
What is suspense?
Another word for problem
What is conflict?
When you think you have the correct answer, what should you do?
Go back to the text and find evidence to support it
Third person point of view helps the read in understanding this thing.
What is understand the motivations/thoughts/feelings of the characters?
Michael bounced his right leg nervously as he sat in the sterile room. The unwelcoming white walls blinded him, and the smell of harsh cleaning solvents attacked his nostrils.
What is the setting?
A doctor's office
When the author gives you hints about what will happen later on in the story
What is foreshadow?
Why should you analyze the question BEFORE looking at the answer choices?
It helps you understand WHAT the question is asking.
What test taking strategy should you use when answering multiple choice questions?
Process of elimination. Find ridiculous and distractor answer choices.