STAAR SAYS #1
STAAR SAYS #2
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Write
STAAR STRATEGIES
100

STAAR says PORTRAY, you say

What is to describe or show?

100

STAAR says INDICATEyou say

What is to show or point to?

100

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." This is an example of what type of figurative language?


What is personification?



100

Answering prompt

What is restating the prompt

100

What do we do to the answer choices that do not make sense?


What is elimate? 

200

STAAR says REVEALyou say

What is to show something hidden?

200

STAAR says SUPPORT, you say

What is to back up with evidence?

200

Which figurative language term refers to words that imitate natural sounds, like "buzz," "crash," and "sizzle"? 

What is onomatopoeia?

200

Which part of an essay reminds the reader about the thesis and main points while leaving them with a final message?  

What is the conclusion

200

Which tool should you use to help understand unfamiliar words in a reading passage?


What is a dictionary?

300

STAAR says EMPHASIZE, you say

What is to give extra importance to?

300

STAAR says SIGNIFICANT, you say

What is important?

300

She is a tornado when she gets angry! This is an example of what type of figurative language?


What is a Metaphor?



300

You should have this many main ideas/reasons for your thesis or claim developed in your essay.

What is 2?

300

What is one strategy to use when reading a text?

What is a hashtag and/or annotate?

400

STAAR says CONVEYyou say

What is to communicate or show?

400

STAAR says CENTRAL IDEA, you say

What is the main point of the text?

400

Which figurative language term is used when a statement is exaggerated for emphasis, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"?

What is hyperbole?



400

After you cite a PROOF in your SAR

What is explain or give an example? 

400
On STAAR, before reading any text, what should you do first?

What is read the questions to first?

500

STAAR says INTERPRETyou say

What is to explain the meaning?

500

STAAR says IMPLY, you say

What is to suggest without directly saying?

500

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

A smilie uses "like" or "as" while a metaphor uses "is" or "was" to compare two things.

500

The difference between a short-answer question (SAR) and an extended-response question (essay)


What is a SAR usually only needs 1 piece of evidence and 2-3 sentences, but an ECR (extended response/essay) needs at least 2 main ideas with evidence?

500

What should you do at the end of the test before you submit?

What is double check answers(does not mean change your answer) & raise hand?

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