Organization
Strategies
Question types
Genre
Wild Card
100

When the author uses compare and contrast to organize the passage, what genre is he writing 

What is informational

100

How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in paragraphs

What is context clues and use a dictionary to look-up the meaning

100
Paragraph 3 is mainly about...
What is Main idea
100
All FICTION are written with this in mind including rising action, climax and falling action.
What is a plot
100

What is the double passge

What should you read first on your 8th grade STAAR test?

200

When a text is arranged in time order the author wrote the selection in what order

What chronological

200

A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.

What is paraphrase out to the side of the paragraph because if I read and I write, I will then connect to the text

200
A good summary contains
What is All important events from the beginning, middle, and end of the story
200
A group of lines in poetry.
What is stanza
200

What is Paraphrase out to the side

What should you do after reading each full paragraph and after dialogue is complete?

300

Why would an author organize a passage using problem/solution 

What is to inform the reader 

300

When you annotate the question, you should be asking 

What is the question about and where can I find the answer (What/Where strategy).

300

The reader can conclude that...

What is Inference

300
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is this type of text.
What is informational text
300

How much time you will be given for the STAAR test.

What is 4 hours?

400

What organizational text has a thesis statement 

What is an expository or persuasive text

400
What strategy should you use when making the best answer choice?
What is process of elimination
400

The strategy for answering vocabulary context clue questions.

Look in the dictionary for ALL vocabulary words!!!!

400
Autobiographies and biographies are included in this category of non-fiction.
What is literary non-fiction
400

What is take a break, get the blood flowing and even splash some water on my face to wake up so that I can return to my test and continue using all my strategies and read every word on my STAAR test!

When you feel yourself getting frustrated or wanting to give up and just circle answers because you don't want to read anymore, you should

500

If the question asks, "How did the author organize this passage?" What is the question really asking you?

What is how the author wrote the passage

500
Where can you get a good idea what a passage is about before you even read the passage?
What is What is the title.
500
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson
500
These are the words that tell what the characters should be doing as they say their lines.
What is stage direction
500

What does Ms. Renfro love?

What is CAKE

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