STAAR
STAAR VERBS
LITERARY
INFORMATIONAL
STRATEGIES
100

The hours you have to complete the Reading STAAR Test.

What is all day?

100

The meaning of convey.

What is "to tell or make known to the reader"?

100
Language that has deeper meaning beyond the literal.

What is figurative language? 

100

The author provides readers with chronological events.

What is sequence/chronological order?

100

The strategy that helps you summarize what you read.

What is BME (beginning, middle, end)?

200

The number of ECRs on your STAAR test 

What is one? 

200

The meaning of infer.

What is "to come to an opinion by reasoning from facts of observations"?

200

A turning point, the highest point in a story.

What is Climax?

200

The organization of informational writing.

What is organizational patterns?

200

The strategy you use when writing ECR.

What is a graphic organizer? 

300

The level you need to pass the RLA STAAR test. 

What is approaches, meets, or Masters
300

The meaning of prefix.

What is "adding letters to the beginning of a word to adjust it's meaning?

300

The sequence of events that make up a story.

What is the plot?

300

Proof in the writing to explain answers.

What is textual evidence?

300

The strategy you do to eliminate answers.

What is process of elimination?

400

The four STAAR test performance standards (levels).

What is Masters, Meet, Approaches, and Did Not Meet?

400

The meaning of emphasize.

What is "to give special attention to"?

400

The reason for or intent in writing of an author.

What is Author's Purpose?

400

Factual writing about real people, places, event, ideas, or things.

What is NonFiction?

400

The strategy you do when reading any text. 

What is annotate or take notes?

500

The date for the 2024 STAAR RLA Test.

What is April 16?

500

The meaning of sensory language.

What is "words or phrases that appeal to your 5 sense"?

500

The resolution of a literary text.

What is "the final part of a play, movie, or narrative".

500

The text is mostly about. 

What is Controlling Idea? (Or central idea, main idea)

500

What you should draw when you get to the essay in your test.

What is the ECR graphic organizer?

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