Question Types
How do you support the answer you choose on the STAAR reading test?
What is finding evidence in the text?
This type of figurative language uses words with the same starting letter.
What is alliteration?
What coordinating conjunction (, FANBOYS) should combine the following two sentences with a comma?
I was super tired.
I took a nap.
Combine the sentences with ", so"!!!
I was super tired, so I took a nap.
When reading a question that specifies a certain paragraph, this is the most important thing a student should do.
Go back to the text!
True or False, I should plan my essay on paper BEFORE I start typing on the test.
TRUE
When it says, "Paragraph 3 is mainly about ___", what are you looking for?
main idea
What is a theme?
What is the moral/lesson the reader learns from a story. The message
What change needs to be made to this sentence-
A Missouri Man had a big dream.
What is A Missouri man had a big dream?
The strategy you should use when making the best answer choice
Process of elimination, MRRAT, TPCASTT, Window Method, #summaries, etc.
The critical part of answering the prompt for an essay on a STAAR test
Deconstruct the prompt(understand what it is asking so I can answer it and not write a bunch of mumbo jumbo that will get me a big, fat ZERO!)
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: " What is the central idea of this passage?"
What is main idea?
The author's feeling towards the subject matter in the text.
What is tone?
Place commas where they should go in the following sentence:
When the sun goes down the stars get really bright and shiny!
When the sun goes down, the stars get really bright and shiny!
Remember: "When" is an AAAWWUBBIS word and makes that first phrase a dependent clause. When you start a sentence with a dependent clause, you need a comma after the phrase to help you pause before the independent clause. :)
Another name for main idea.
Central/Key/Controlling idea
I should have this many paragraphs and they are the following: ________, _________, ________, and a ________.
What is an introduction, body 1, body 2, and a conclusion?
The question asking you to find if it is worded like this: "The details in paragraph 5 support the idea that - "
supporting details/text evidence
This point of view gives us insight only into the feelings and thoughts of the narrator.
What is first person point of view?
The correct way to write this sentence-
Yesterday, my Mom ate pizza; therefore, she didn't need to cook dinner.
What is Yesterday, my mom ate pizza; therefore, she didn't need to cook dinner?
These types of words/phrases are not meant to be taken literally. They include things like metaphors and similes.
What is figurative language?
The two elements that form a thesis
Claim + Reasons
What is the key word in this question? "Which of the following quotes best represents the main conflict?"
Conflict/main conflict
The type of POV where you know what EVERY character is thinking or feeling
What is Third Person Omniscient
Add the correct punctuation to the following sentence:
Weve been working hard all year long so let us show our very best on this upcoming STAAR test
What is - We've been working hard all year long, so let us show our very best on this upcoming STAAR test!
I can use a dictionary on the STAAR test for the following reasons
What is spelling, to define a word, word choice in an essay(synonyms)?
Ways I should show evidence
What is quotes from the text