STAAR Review 1
The life lesson or moral that the author wants the reader to understand such as 'Money Can't Buy Happiness'
What is theme?
What are the parts of a plot diagram?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
I am the "why" of the thesis statement.
What are the "reasons"?
The narrator is the main character, revealing their thoughts and feelings. What's the point of view?
What is first person point of view?
What type of response includes
Restating the question + answer
Cite text evidence
Explain the evidence
SCR, Short Constructed Response, or RACE
What does the exposition in a story consist of?
What is the setting, conflict, characters, etc.
Pieces of information, such as quotes, statistics, and facts that support and add credibility to the controlling idea (or claim)
What is evidence?
Paying attention to a characters words, actions, feelings, and thoughts helps me figure out
Character Traits/motivations/internal conflicts/personality
The narrator tells the story from the perspective of the main character, referring to them by name or using a third person pronoun such as they/she/he
What is third person limited point of view?
The part of the paragraph that tells the reader what the rest of the paragraph will be about
Topic Sentence or main idea
Exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution...what is missing?
What is "falling action"?
Which written response requires a thesis statement with 2 main reasons and a conclusion?
ECR or Extended Constructed Response
Identify the figurative language, tell what two things are being compared and explain what it means:
The detective listened to her story with a wooden face.
What is a metaphor? The detective's face is being compared to wood, meaning the detective had no expression as he listened to her.
The narrator is not a part of the story but describes the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story
Third person omniscient point of view
The difference between a short constructed response and an extended constructed response?
What is a Short Constructed Response is a brief explanation to show your understanding (2-4 sentences) and an Extended Constructed Response is an essay response (4 paragraphs).
Mrs. Barbe said, “Be sure to check
your answers to make sure they are
accurate before turning in your test.”
Accurate means ______ in this sentence.
What is correct?
graphics, subtitles, headings, subheadings, captions, etc.
What are these called?
What are text features?
What are responses that a character has within themselves?
What are internal responses?
The section of the plot in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict grows before reaching the climax
What is rising action?
The overall feeling of a text is called
Mood
In this thesis statement, what are the two reasons?
The article "Don't Mess with Texas" is effective because of the creative advertisements and important message that it conveys.
What is "creative advertisements" and "important message"?
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 had them in his class. When the
dismissal bell rang, the students rushed out of
the school with excitement.
-This can be inferred
It is the last day of school.
These clues surround a word to help us understand the meaning
Context Clues
The character struggles with bullies at his school.
Is this an example of an external or internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
External-what happens on the outside (natural disasters)
Internal-what happens on the inside (sad because their house was blown away)