Reading Random
What information should you pull from paragraphs on a Non-Fiction text when you make notes.
KEY information. IMPORTANT things about the passage.
What are types of Author's Purpose?
PIE- Persuade, Inform, Entertain,
Bonus - Explain, Describe
If you are between two answers on a test, what important question should you ask yourself?
Explain how you would retell a story.
Restating the big points of the story in your own words
Strategy for short constructed responses
P - paraphrase the question
A - answer the question
C - cite text evidence
E - explain your thinking
Is hot and cold a synonym or antonym?
Antonym
What is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse called?
Rhyme scheme
When would you use the PACE strategy and what does it stand for?
On short constructed responses where you type in your answer to a question.
Paraphrase the question
Answer the question
Cite text evidence
Explain your thinking
What can help you find the main idea?
You can use the title and the first sentence of a paragraph.
When you see two passages and have to compare and contrast them, what is it called?
What does that mean to you?
What do they want you to figure out?
Paired passage.
You have to see what they have in common and their differences. What do the passages have in common?
Fiction or Non-Fiction-- Passage about a talking rabbit that goes on an adventure across the world
Fictional passage
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
Stanza
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by underlining in the text where you found them and next to the question listing what paragraph you found your answer in. True or False?
True: This is a strategy for the READING STAAR
What is the theme of a story?
The lesson learned or main message that the author wants to reader to know.
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
Ex: The pretty girl played with the small cat.
an adjective
What do call a story/ passage that has a moral or lesson in it?
A Fable
What are story elements?
Setting, characters, problem, solution, key events of a story
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 opportunity to rest and "forget" the information you just read before continuing to a new text.
What should you do if you are not sure which answer is correct?
Go back and look in the passage.
The girl ran away from the disgusting monster. She felt aghast as she trembled away.
Using context clues, what does aghast mean?
scared or horrified
Describe first person point of view versus third person point of view.
First person point of view is where the narrator is part of the story, so you hear only their thoughts and feelings. (I, ME, MY, WE)
Third person point of view is where the narrator is not part of the story, so you can hear and know all the characters feelings and thoughts. (HE, SHE, THEM)
What does it mean to infer?
Take you what you already know and what the author tells/ shows you and apply it to the story.
To know and understand something(figure it out) without being told explicitly.
You have the whole day to work on the READING Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test. Take your time—no cell phones. Do your personal best! True or False?
True!
What kinds of answer choices are there on the test?
2 silly answers, 1 answer trying to trick you, and the correct answer.
These phrases are examples of what?
The wind was howling so loud that it was hard to sleep.
Personification - giving non human things human characteristics