6th Grade Reading STAAR review

Elements of Plot

100

Learn the setting, meet the main characters, and find out what the story will be about

Exposition

200

When is the conflict introduced?

Rising Action

300

The part of the story that reveals or suggests an outcome

The resolution

400

The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.

The falling action

500

What happens in the climax of the story?

The turning point where things get very exciting and action packed

RANDOM

100

What you look for in your passage in order to "prove" your answer?

Text evidence

200

The moral of the story or lesson that you learn

THEME

300

What is the main difference between first and third POV?

First person: uses "I", "me", "we" Third person: Uses names- Person not in the story

400

During reading, when you stop and make a guess about what will happen next based off of what you have already read

Inferencing

500

helps the reader in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words. These "clues" can be found within, or in the surrounding sentences.

Context Clues

Author's Purpose/Type of Texts

100

What is the main idea of a story?

What the text is mostly about

200

What is the purpose of the following passage? Butterflies are colorful, flying insects from the Lepidoptera order. Because they are insects, they have three body parts. The three body parts are called the head, thorax, and abdomen. They also have six jointed legs, two antennae and compound eyes.

To inform

300

Gives characteristics and details about something

Descriptive 

400

Baiting a hook is a messy process. First, you have to dig the worm out of the ground or out of a cup of worms and dirt. Next, slide the worm on the hook, covering the hook so the fish can’t see it. Finally, toss the hook and worm into the water. Good luck! What is the author's purpose

To explain

500

What is a summary of a story?

A SHORT explanation of what the story was mainly about 

Vocabulary

100

Jared was participating in small group reading with his teacher and three other students. They were taking turns reading from “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” by Judy Blume. One of the students misspoke as she was reading and her cheeks became flushed. Jared encouraged her that it was alright and to keep on going.

What does he word "misspoke" mean?

Mispronounced a word or stuttered

200

Hiking is an activity that can be enjoyed by almost anyone. Many people ENROLL in hiking clubs or groups. They join these clubs so they can be around other hikers and learn from their experiences. A hiker does not have to spend much money on equipment. In this passage, the word ENROLL means________.

To join

300

Heart attacks can be brought on by the pressures of everday life. Stress and strain at work, eating an UNBALANCED diet, smoking, drinking, alcohol, and taking drugs all lead to bad health. In this passage, the word UNBALANCED means__________.

Not healthy

400

Faith was ALL EYES as she watched Coco the Clown perform his juggling act. Five, six, then seven multicolored balls spun in a circle around Coco's head. How was he able to keep so many balls in the air without any of them falling to the ground? In this passage, the phrase ALL EYES means Faith_______________.

watched carefully

500

Now that the oil wells had run dry, Meka's life had certainly changed. He was no longer able to LIVE LIKE A KING. He had to do his own work on the ranch, prepare his own meals, and take care of the house. It took him a lot of time to adjust. In this passage, the phrase LIVE LIKE A KING means_____________.

Meka had an easy life where he has someone else do all his work.

Figurative Language

100

A word that sounds like or means the same thing as its name.

Onomatopoeia

200

Savion sat in awe as stars danced across the night sky.

Personification

300

"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." Why does the author use this figurative language?

To exaggerate how hungry the person is.

400

Abraham was an ox as he rolled the boulder up the hill

Metaphor

500

Give an example of a simile

A simile compares two different things using like or as, so make sure yours does!