STAAR Review 1
The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to understand
What is theme or message?
pieces of information that support the main idea
What are key details?
groups of lines in a poem
What are stanzas?
a view or judgement formed or made about something or someone that isn't necessarily based on something that is factual; a personal thought, judgment or belief
What is an opinion?
True or False: I should always prove my answers.
True
a person who gives an account or tells the story of events
What is the narrator?
Mr. Eddison told his students that they needed
to take all their personal belongings home. He
gave his students a speech about how lucky he
was to have them in his class. When the
dismissal bell rang, the student rushed out of
the school with excitement.
What inference can you make?
It is the last day of school
Parts of words that can be added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning
What is a prefix?
words that link readers to the five senses: touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste
What is sensory language?
There will be multiselect questions on the Reading STAAR. What is a multiselect question?
Student can select more than one correct answer from a set of possible answers.
the voice of the poem
Who is the speaker?
Mrs. Adams said, “Be sure to check
your answers to make sure they are
accurate before turning in your test.”
What does accurate mean in this
sentence?
Correct
The point or place where a word begins, arises, or is derived.
What is word origin?
A reading that is meant to be performed on a stage
What is a drama?
What is the difference between a short constructed response and an extended constructed response?
Short Constructed Response we use RACE.
Extended Constructed Response is an essay response using RACECE.
Parts of words that can be added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning
What is a prefix?
Another word for problem
What is conflict?
The things that happen in a story
What are events?
People or animals that take part in a story or play
What are characters?
When you think you have the correct answer, what should you do?
Go back to the text and find evidence to support it
What the text is mostly about
What is the main idea?
to reach an understanding; something you decide after thinking about all the information that you have
What is drawing a conclusion?
In a drama, the words that are the characters' conversations are ...
What is dialogue?
When you compare two selections, what do you look for?
Similar ideas and topics
What test taking strategy should you use when answering multiple choice questions?
1. Highlight Key terms.
2. Identify what the question is asking.
3. Eliminate the worst answer choice.
4. Eliminate the distractor.