Story Elements
This is when/where the story takes place.
The setting
Convey means
to show or tell
You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible.
False: It is more important to do your best, take your time, and use your strategies. You have all day!!
The message, lesson, or moral that the author wants you to take away from the story.
Theme
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
hyperbole
The turning point in the story, most exciting part
climax
POV - Narrator only knows the main characters thoughts and feelings.
Third person limited. Uses he, she, they, names
A graphic organizer will help you write a complete and organized essay.
True: It's helpful even if you just use it to jot your initial notes for each paragraph.
What point of view is a text that uses: I, me, my, we, us
1st Person
The horse was as big as a house.
What is a simile?
The series of events in a story from beginning to end.
The plot.
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by finding text evidence to support your thinking as well as read questions before reading the passage.
True: This will help you get the correct answer.
Give 3 examples of text features
Bold print/vocabulary terms, glossary, pictures, captions, headings, graphs/tables/diagrams, bullet points, etc.
The trees welcomed us as we drove up the lane
What is personification?
The events leading to the climax of the story
Rising Action
Words that have the same or similar meaning are called?
When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a brain break after completing a passage and questions.
True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an opportunity to rest before continuing on to the next passage.
This is what the story is mostly about?
Main Idea
The horse is a house.
What is a metaphor?
1. Synonym for exposition
2. The story has reached it's end, all loose ends are tied up
1. The beginning
2. The resolution
To draw conclusions by using text evidence & connecting bits of information
Inferencing
You can use the built in dictionary and a physical dictionary
True!
How authors organize their text (the organizational pattern)
Text Structure
Happy, healthy horses live in humongous houses.
What is alliteration