6th Grade STAAR Review

Figurative Language

1

Giving non-human things the qualities or actions of a human. 

Ex: The sun smiled down on me. 

What is Personification? 

2

Compared two things without the words like or as. 

Ex: Her long hair was a flowing golden river. 

What is a Metaphor?

3

Comparing two things with the words like or as. 

Ex: Last Night, I slept like a log. 

What is a Simile? 

4

Exaggeration for emphasis 

Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 

What is a hyperbole? 

5

What the story is about. 

What is main idea?  

Elements of Plot

1

Learn setting, meet main characters and find out what the story will be about.

Exposition 

2

Conclusion of the story. Characters return to normal life.  

Resolution

3

In what part of a story do we learn the conflict?

Rising Action 

4

The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.

Falling Action

5

The most intense or extreme part of a story where an action typically takes place. "Turning point" 

Climax 

Text Structure

1

Describes something that has happened which has caused something else to happen 

Cause and Effect 

2

Describes items or events in order or tells the steps to follow 

Sequence/Chronological 

3

Gives information about a problem and explains one or more solutions 

Problem and Solution

4

A topic, idea, person, or thing is described by listing its features and characteristics. 

Description 

5

Similarities and differences between 2 or more subjects 

Compare and Contrast 

PIE/POV

1

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters. 

3rd Person Omniscient 

2

Author wants to give you facts and information 

Inform 

3

The author wants you to enjoy the story 

Entertain

4

Author wants you to believe or do something 

Persuade

5

The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. 

3rd Person Limited

Grab Bag - Mix

1

Explain then and than

Then = time sequence 

Than = comparison 

2

What you look for in your passage in order to "prove" your answer? 

Bonus Ticket: When do you need to include this on STAAR?  

Text Evidence 

Bonus: Short Constructed Response (CER) 

Extended Constructed Response (Essay) 

3

Name all 5 formulas 

IC.IC 

IC;IC 

IC, cc IC 

IC subc SC 

Subc SC, IC 

4

Explain there, their, and they're 

There = location 

Their = belongs to them 

They're = they are 

5

The lesson of the text. 

Theme