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: An author's purpose can only be to entertain--only students are forced, by wicked teachers, to use the other purposes.
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?
A type of figurative language where a word actually looks or sounds like the sound it is intended to make
What is onomatopoeia?
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?
How do you support the answer you choose on the STAAR reading test?
What is finding the evidence in the text?
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: " 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?
What should you do if you are unsure of an answer and have spent too much time on it?
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's purpose of this article is to -"
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?
What features included with the online STAAR can help you to identify important information?
What is underlining or highlighting?
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 / characterization / character description
This type of figurative language uses words with the same starting letter.
What is alliteration?
True or False: Immediately after taking the Reading STAAR, all students will be able to talk to friends and or roam about the room
False
when a narrator not involved in the story is privy to the thoughts, actions, and motivations of a single character.
What is third person limited?
The woman was disconsolate over losing her job. Using context clues, what does disconsolate mean?
What is inconsolable, unhappy