Figurative Language
STAAR Strategies
Author's Purpose, Tone and Point of View
Dictionary & Literary Elements
Facts, Opinions, Inferences
100
Choose simile, metaphor or personification: She swims like a fish.
What is a SIMILE?
100
I mark my text and make notes on the side of my passages as I read.
What is ANNOTATION?
100
To inform the reader about certain information or ideas, to entertain the reader with something funny, mysterious or scary, or to persuade the reader to buy or do something.
What is the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
100
When the author gives hints about what's going to happen in the future.
What is FORESHADOWING.
100
True statements that can be proven or measured.
What are FACTS?
200
Choose simile, metaphor or personification: I heard the tires screech as I as he tried to put on the brakes.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
I read my selection and use my strategies. I then read my question carefully and use RUBIES. As I look at my answer choices I begin to eliminate the _______________.
What is the RIDICULOUS (NADA QUE VER) WRONG answers?
200
Choose to inform, to entertain or to persuade: An article where the author argues that an iPhone is better than an Android phone.
What is to PERSUADE?
200
4 The time was July 1866. The Civil War had been over for only sixteen months. For the first time Congress adopted an act to create six special army units. Each one would be made up only of African Americans. These units were called cavalry regiments, which meant the members of the units rode on horseback. 4 For the next twenty years these men and their horses thundered across the western frontier. These army units bu Which is the meaning of adopted as it is used in paragraph 4? A to adjust to new surroundings B to take on as one’s own style C to vote into law D to become a parent by law
What is C. TO VOTE INTO LAW
200
Someone's beliefs that cannot be proven or measured.
What are OPINIONS?
300
Choose simile, metaphor or personification: A waterfall of hair fell down her back.
What is a METAPHOR?
300
I use the following strategy to help me unpack what the question is asking.
What is RUBIES?
300
The author expresses his attitude through his writing by the use of diction, point of view or inflection this is known as ___.
What is TONE?
300
What the story is about: it usually has a problem (conflict), a turning point (climax), and a solution (resolution) to the problem.
What is PLOT.
300
Fact or opinion? There are 60 seconds in a minute.
What is an FACT.
400
Choose imagery, metaphor or personification? I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks somewhere nearby.
What is IMAGERY?
400
When I am not sure of a words meaning, I use the following tool a _______________.
What a DICTIONARY?
400
Choose to inform, to entertain or to persuade: Many Americans are unaware of how pesticides affect our food supplies. Pesticides can run off into groundwater and run off into nearby streams, where they are carried from their original dispersal site. This is how pesticides end up in drinking water, fish, and game. For example, if grain fields or rough lands are sprayed with pesticides, residues can show up in poultry, eggs, milk, and butter.
What is to INFORM?
400
Writing based on actual events, facts, or reality.
What is NON-FICTION.
400
Putting all the pieces together tips, clues from the text + evidence from text
What is INFERENCING.
500
Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
As I am reading, I keep it simple, and in my own words express the main idea of each paragraph.
What is PARAPHRASING?
500
Choose one: first person, second person or 3rd person point of view. Aunt Harriet never meant to say any of this when Elizabeth Ann could hear, but the little girl’s ears were as sharp as little girls’ ears always are, and long before she was nine, she knew all about the opinion Aunt Harriet had of the Putneys. She did not know, to be sure, what “chores” were, but she took it confidently from Aunt Harriet’s voice that they were something very, very dreadful.
What is FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW.
500
3 As a Duchess of Cambridge, I was honored to serve as an official ambassador for the Olympic Games when they were held in London this year. William and I attended many of the events, including an equestrian competition in which William’s cousin Zara Phillips, won a silver medal. She proudly represented the British riding team I the show jumping event. In paragraph 3, the word equestrian, which is based on a Latin root, means related to - A medals B athletics C observations D horses
What is D. HORSES
500
Math is the best subject in school.
What is OPINION?
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