Once Upon a Time...
This is where the story takes place.
setting.
____________ _____________ is a creative way to use words and phrases in stories to create meaning, images, and feeling.
Figurative Language
True or False: You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible.
False: it is more important to do your best than be the first one finished.
What is the message or the lesson that the author wants you to take away from the story.
The theme!
This part of speech is a person, place, thing.
Noun
What do we call all of the events in a story?
plot
Which point of view uses: my, me, I, we, our
First person point of view.
True or False: When you start your Reading STAAR, always start by reading the questions.
False: Start by reading the passage.
This is the reason or purpose that an author includes something in or writes text. The "why".
This is the Author's Purpose (PIE!)
This part of speech is an action word.
Verb
______________ is what we call characters speaking in text.
Dialogue
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
A stanza
True or False: When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by finding text evidence to support your thinking.
True: This will help you get the correct answer.
What are examples of?
Heading, Glossary, Picture, Caption and Map
Text & Graphic Features
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
Ex: The pretty girl played with the small cat.
an adjective
The problem in the story.
conflict
The category or type of text that we are reading
genre
True or False: When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a 1-2 minute brain break after completing a passage and questions. True or False?
True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an ooportunity to rest and "forget" the information you just read about before continuing to a new text.
This is what the story is mainly or mostly about.
The main idea or Central idea.
What is the adverb in this sentence?
I was feeling hungry, so I quickly made myself a delicious sandwich.
quickly
This is the way things end up in the story.
What is the resolution.
These phrases are examples of what?
Hit the hay. Tie the knot. A couch potato. Bent out of shape.
Idioms - phrases that do not mean exactly what they say.
True or False: Each test you will have 4 hours to complete it. If you don't know an answer, flag it and come back to it. Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test. Take your time. No cell phones.
True!
When a reader takes their background knowledge and combines it with text evidence to come to a conclusion they have made an...
Inference
These phrases are examples of what?
The wind howled at night. The book was so popular it flew off the shelves. The last piece of pie was calling my name.
Personification - giving human qualities to things and ideas that are not humans.