STAAR TIPS
The night before the STAAR, it is important to get enough ________.
sleep
sequence of events
plot
group of lines in poetry
stanza
When you say, “In paragraph _, it says, The author states, On page _ it says…”
"C" citing evidence using ACE strategy
time and place in a story
setting
On the STAAR, we should _____ the questions first.
read
How the author wants the reader to feel
mood
in drama, what a character is saying
dialogue
What is it called when you turn a question into a statement?
restating the question
This is known as the turning point in a story
climax
On the STAAR, it is important to use the _________ for any unknown vocabulary.
dictionary
BME, TIO, 5Ws are the strategies to use to find the answer to these questions
Summary
What an author is trying to prove in an argumentative text
Claim
When you start by saying, “This means, This shows, This explains, or This is important because…
"E," or the explaining stage of the ACE strategy
This is when the language means more than its literal meaning…
figurative language
On the STAAR, it is important to use the A.C.E. strategy for _____________ ____________ questions or prompts.
"constructed response"
SCR and ECR
An educated guess based on evidence in a passage is called an ___________________.
inference
What are 'events leading up to the Climax'?
rising action
When you find and quote evidence for your answer in the story or selection, you should use ___________
quotation marks " "
When you have to make an already written piece “sound” better
revising/revise
On the STAAR, it is important to ________ your answers before submitting them.
review/check
Problem in the story
conflict
This is when the author tries to convince you to do something…
persuade
How do you turn a question into a statement?
by removing the words that make it a question
You do this when a written piece has misspelled words, capitalization, and punctuation errors
edit