Question Purpose
The question is asking you to find this if it is worded like this: "What is the best summary of the selection?"
What is a summary?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
True or False: All 8th graders are required to take the 8th grade Reading STAAR.
False
When reading a question that specifies a certain paragraph, this is the most important thing a student should do.
What is go back to the text?
This colloquial term means a person or thing that is finished, defeated, in serious trouble, or utterly exhausted/overwhelmed.
AKA - You after three years of middle school and still not knowing you should capitalize your name and proper nouns.
What is "cooked"?
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: "The details in paragraph 5 support the idea that - "
What are supporting details?
Sensory language that appeals to our five senses.
What is imagery?
This is the day of the week of the 8th grade Reading STAAR.
What is Tuesday!
These words surround and help readers figure out the definition of unknown words.
What are context clues?
What is an antonym?
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: " Which idea does the author emphasize throughout the selection?"
What is main idea?
The author's feeling towards the subject matter in the text.
What is tone?
This the duration of the 8th grade Reading STAAR.
What is four hours?
This word generally means the lesson the author wants the reader to take away from the story.
What is theme?
This figurative language exaggerates what is happening in the story for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: "The author describes his experience in a way that highlights - "
What is author's purpose?
This point of view gives us insight only into the feelings and thoughts of the narrator.
What is first-person POV?
How many hours of sleep should you get the night before STAAR?
What is EIGHT or more hours?
These types of words/phrases help the author indirectly emphasize certain things in the story.
What is figurative language?
State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness.
What is STAAR?
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: "In paragraph 5, Anthony chooses not to mention the ready-made pesto most likely because he - "
What is character motivation?
This type of figurative language uses words with the same starting letter.
What is alliteration?
True or False: After completing the Reading STAAR, students are permitted to do any activity within the classroom as long as it's silent.
Students are ONLY permitted to do pre-approved INDEPENDENT activities such as reading, coloring sheets, crosswords, or resting their heads. Students may not interact or speak to other students during or AFTER completing their STAAR test.
The age of your ELA teachers' dog(s)?
What is 15?
This word means: a word or phrase that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in the same language
What is synonym