Story Elements
What is good evidence?
clear, connected to the main idea and specific
The written text of a play.
Script
Words in italics or brackets that show what characters should do, how they should look, or how they should sound. These are not spoken aloud.
Stage directions
You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible.
False: It is more important to do your best, take your time, and use your strategies.
Characters are having a conversation
what is dialogue?
The order that things happen in a story
tone
A smaller part inside an act. It means the time, place, or action has shifted.
Scene
language that creates vivid picture
Imagery
When you make a decision about something you have read, you conclude
True: when you conclude you use text evidence and make a decision
A comparison that uses like or as
What is a simile?
Comparing two different things
metaphor
Facial or body language that shows feelings.
Expression
The text has two or more ideas or topics and the author writes about the similarities and differences
compare and contrast
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by finding text evidence to support your thinking, circle the title and text features, and read questions before reading the passage?
True: This will help you get the correct answer.
The trees welcomed us as we drove up the lane
What is personification?
A sound written as a word
onomatopoeia
What is this sentence an example of?
Billy baked brownies for Becky.
Alliteration
This is what the story is mostly about?
Main Idea
When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a brain break after completing a passage and questions. True or False?
True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an opportunity to rest before continuing on to the next passage.
The message, moral or lesson of the story
What is the theme?
A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally mean
Idiom
To draw conclusions by using text evidence & connecting bits of information
Inferencing
How author's organize their text
Text Structure
The main idea or the central idea is what the text is mostly about
True!
Compare & contrast, problem & solution, cause & effect, descriptive, sequential order. These are examples of what?
What are text structures