STAAR Tips
STAAR Fiction or Non-Fiction
STAAR Vocabulary
STAAR Vocabulary II
STAAR Question Types
100

The night before the STAAR, it is important to get enough ________.

What is rest?

100

Newspaper

What is 'Non-Fiction'?

100

Stories that are not true but could happen in real life

What is Realistic Fiction

100

Background knowledge+Evidence

What is inference

100

The bells clanged and jingled.

What is 'onomatopoeia'

200

On the STAAR, we should _____ the questions first.

What is 'read'?

200

Cinderella

What is 'Fiction'?

200

how the author wants the reader to feel

What is " Mood"

200

Problem in the story

What is 'Conflict'?

200

Laughter is music of the soul .

What is 'metaphor'?

300

On the STAAR, it is important to use the _________ for any questionable vocabulary.

What is 'dictionary'?

300

Biography of Barack Obama

What is 'Non-Fiction'?

300

brief statement of main idea and supporting details; the plot of the story

What is 'Summary'

300

a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others

What are 'characteristics'

300

The sun smiled on the angry clouds.

What is 'personification?

400

On the STAAR, it is important to use the R.A.C.E. strategy for _____________ ____________ questions or prompts.

What is a 'constructed response'?

400

Spider-Man Comic

What is "Fiction"

400

to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update

What is 'Revise'

400

 'A process of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events' in what?

What is a 'flashback'?

400

The books were stacked to the sky.

What is 'hyperbole'?

500

On the STAAR, it is important to ________ your answers before submitting them.

What is review.

500

Documentary about Martin Luther King

What is 'Non-Fiction'

500

contains your address and the date, and is placed in the upper right hand of the corner of the paper

What is 'heading'

500

What are 'events leading up to the Climax'?

What is the 'Rising Action'?

500

The water was as smooth as glass.

What is 'simile"