STAAR Terms- Fiction
When a character IN the story tells the story, it is what point of view?
What is first person point of view?
In addition to doing hashtag summaries for NON-FICTION, what else should you look for?
What are Who, What, When, Where, Why?
What is the highest point of interest in a story? It is often a turning point.
What is the climax?
Assertion is another name for a(n) _____________?
What is an opinion?
Read this sentence. What is an example of? I'm looking at the paragraph as a whole.
The F-16 swooped down like an eagle after its prey. The lake was left shivering by the touch of the morning wind.
What is imagery?
When answering questions over two stories that are connected, what strategy can you use to track your evidence?
What is the box method?
A good FICTION summary contains
What is the beginning, middle, and end of the story and SCPS
What does TPCASTT stand for?
What is TITLE, PARAPHRASE, CONNOTATION, ATTITUDE< SHIFT, TITLE, THEME?
If the story DOES NOT have this, you likely do not have the right answer?
What is textual evidence?
What is the term for when the author uses language that describes what you see, feel, hear, taste, and smell?
What is sensory language?
Instead of doing hashtags for fiction and drama, you can chart these four things on scratch paper or your online notepad?
What are SETTING, CHARACTER, PROBLEM, and SOLUTION?
Prior knowledge + text evidence =
What is Inference
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is this type of text.
What is NON-FICTION
What is 31%?
What is the term for the life lesson or universal truth in a story?
What is theme?
This strategy is particularly helpful for nonfiction and helps you make sure you process what you are reading in each paragraph.
What are hashtag summaries?
A good NON-FICTION summary contains
What is the beginning, middle, and end of the story and the WHO, WHAT, and WHY
“I sit down on the gorgeous plush red velvet bench…I run my fingers over it, realizing how long it has been since I felt anything so wonderful" is an example of
What is sensory language
The author of a play is called a what?
What is a playwright?
When a narrator (who is not a character) tells the story and the reader is limited to thoughts of only one character, what point of view is it?
What is third person limited point of view?
When reading poetry, what strategy should be used? Please spell out the acronym.
What is TPCASTT?
(Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme)
If you get a question about the author's purpose for writing a nonfiction article, it can be especially helpful to look at what text feature?
What is the title?
Examples of this would be:
chronological order, cause/effect, listing, describing, etc.
What are organizational patterns in a text?
In a non-fiction article, what is the term for the author's main point or controlling idea?
What is a thesis statement?