G. week of my summer exile
________________ are directions for the actors in a drama.
stage directions
Which definition matches the meaning of chains as it is used in the following sentence?
Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury, Sainsbury’s is one of England’s oldest grocery chains.
4. a group of businesses owned by one parent company
When is your Reading STAAR test?
Wednesday, May 18th
G. The Keep Calm slogan and its various forms have become a popular part of current culture.
A. gives Alyssa’s post a dramatic effect
"I washed the windows until they shined like diamonds" is a type of figurative language called a _________.
simile
C. Abundance
If you don't know what a word means you can look for context clues and/or raise your hand and ask to borrow a ____________ or use the digital _________.
dictionary
C. can be easily altered in humorous ways
The best ____________ of a text always contains the main points, or the beginning, middle, and end.
summary
"The falling snowflakes danced across the sky" is an example of figurative language called a __________.
personification
C. famous
Some common types of ______ _______ , or the way a passage is organized, in nonfiction texts are cause and effect, chronological, sequential, and problem/solution.
text structures
At the end of a fictional reading, you have usually learned a lesson, moral, or __________.
theme
__________ is the written or spoken conversation between characters.
dialogue
F. By summarizing the benefits of participating in Junior Achievement
_________ are like paragraphs in a poem.
Stanzas
The old origin or base of the word is called the ______ or ______ root.
Greek or Latin