Fiction and Drama
Sensory Language
Expository
Poetry
STAAR
100

The conflict is ended in this stage of plot.

What is the resolution?

100

Using like or as to compare two different things.

What is a simile?

100

The central argument of a passage.

What is the thesis?

100

The mood of a poem.

What is tone?

100

The amount of time allotted for the STAAR Reading test.

What is 4 hours?

200

The moment everything builds up to.

What is the climax?

200

Malice mocked me til the morning maze subsided.

What is alliteration?

200

The reason why the author wrote a passage. Example: To persuade readers to vote for someone.

What is author's purpose?

200

An example of this would be if the last line of each stanza features some of the same words.

What is repetition or refrain?

200

This is the number of questions that usually appear on the STAAR reading test.

What is 50?

300

This can be used in a play to reveal things without characters saying them.

What is stage direction?

300

Words and phrases used to mean something other than what they literally say.

What is figurative language?

300

Words in bold letters to indicate what a section of a text will be about.

What are subheadings?

300

The way a poem is read. Determined by length and syllables.

What is rhythm.

300

This is what you will be asked to do if you see two passages back to back without questions in between.

What is make connections or compare them?

400

The rising action is typically started when this happens.

What is the beginning of the conflict?

400

Sensory language appeals to these five senses.

What is sight, sound, taste, touch, smell?

400

An opinion is different from a fact in this way.

What is an opinion is a value statement.

400

The way a rhythm should be read and how the syllables should be pronounced. 

What is meter?

400

This is what you should do as you read passages in order to understand main idea and summaries better.

What is write a few words about the main idea of each paragraph or section?

500

Give an example of a story having more than one conflict.

What is ...

500

Find the figurative language: And before I know it, the tears start streaming down my face, and for a moment I feel like I’m watching myself from outside of my body.

What is a simile?

500
During the Murder Mystery Project, this is what it was called when you combined information from multiple passages.

What is synthesize?

500

Finish the line from Adrenaline Rush:  "I realize I'm gonna make it home safe, you know?...."

This time
500

This is the score a student needs to get "commended" or "advanced".

What is 90%?