STAAR 1
What is it called when you use details or clues + what you already know, to form an educated guess?
inference
This is the information that you may already know about a specific topic.
background knowledge
This is a story about a real person’s life and is written by another person.
biography
This story can have real events, but some parts can be made up.
realistic fiction
This is a story about a person’s life and is written by that person.
autobiography
What is it called when the characters and setting are introduced?
introduction
This is when the author tries to convince you to do something…
persuade
This is the sequence of events in a story…
plot
This is known as the turning point in a story…
climax
This genre is about real things like animals, space, and history…
informational
This is when the problem/conflict is solved in a story…
resolution
The author uses these to help the reader understand the text.
graphic features
These are all examples of what?
(Textbooks, newspapers, menus, magazines)
informational text
When two things are being compared by using like or as…
simile
This is when the language means more than it’s literal meaning…
figurative language
When two things are being compared without using like or as…
metaphor
Dexter dug deep down in the dirt.
alliteration
The stars danced in the sky…
personification
What is it called when you turn a question into a statement?
restating the question using the RACE stategy
How do you turn a question into a statement using RACE strategy?
by removing the words that make it a question
You do this when a written piece has misspelled words, capitalization, and punctuation errors…
editing/edit
When you find evidence for your answer in the story or selection…
citing or cite your evidence using the race strategy
When you start by saying, “This means, This shows, This explains, or This is important because…”
"E" in the explaining stage of the RACE strategy
When you have to make an already written piece “sound” better…
revising/revision
When you say, “In paragraph _, it says, The author states, On page _ it says…”
citing evidence using RACE strategy