STAAR Tips
The night before the STAAR, it is important to get enough ________.
What is rest?
Newspaper
What is 'Non-Fiction'?
Stories that are not true but could happen in real life
What is Realistic Fiction
Background knowledge+Evidence
What is inference
The bells clanged and jingled.
What is 'onomatopoeia'
On the STAAR, we should _____ the questions first.
What is 'read'?
Cinderella
What is 'Fiction'?
how the author wants the reader to feel
What is " Mood"
Problem in the story
What is 'Conflict'?
Laughter is music of the soul .
What is 'metaphor'?
On the STAAR, it is important to use the _________ for any questionable vocabulary.
What is 'dictionary'?
Biography of Barack Obama
What is 'Non-Fiction'?
brief statement of main idea and supporting details; the plot of the story
What is 'Summary'
a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others
What are 'characteristics'
The sun smiled on the angry clouds.
What is 'personification?
On the STAAR, it is important to use the R.A.C.E. strategy for _____________ ____________ questions or prompts.
What is a 'constructed response'?
Spider-Man Comic
What is "Fiction"
to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update
What is 'Revise'
'A process of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events' in what?
What is a 'flashback'?
The books were stacked to the sky.
What is 'hyperbole'?
On the STAAR, it is important to ________ your answers before submitting them.
What is review.
Documentary about Martin Luther King
What is 'Non-Fiction'
contains your address and the date, and is placed in the upper right hand of the corner of the paper
What is 'heading'
What are 'events leading up to the Climax'?
What is the 'Rising Action'?
The water was as smooth as glass.
What is 'simile"