Story Elements
This is when/where the story takes place.
The setting
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.
The message, lesson, or moral that the author wants you to take away from the story.
What is theme.
FANBOYS strands for?
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
This uses like or as and makes a comparison
What is simile?
The order that things happen in a story
sequence of events
STAAR Online: You should wait for directions from your teacher, follow the prompts, and not get ahead of the teacher when they are speaking. True or False?
True: You do not click ahead, work ahead, etc. You should listen to directions and follow along.
If an author's writing to persuade, inform, entertain, explain or describe it is called?
Author's purpose
This part of speech is an action word.
A verb or predicate.
What words will you see in a question relating to sequence?
First next last
The series of events in a story from beginning to end.
The plot.
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by finding text evidence to support your thinking.
True: This will help you get the correct answer.
Can you use pictures and captions to help you answer questions from a selection?
Yes!
What are the adjectives in the following sentence.
Ex: The pretty girl played with the small cat.
pretty and small
What is a word part added to the beginning of a word?
Prefix
What point of view is a text that uses: I, me, my, we, us
First Person Point of View
When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a brain break after completing a passage and questions. True or False?
True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an opportunity to rest before continuing on to the next passage.
If you cannot determine the meaning of a word by using content clues or word replacement test, you should look it up in a dictionary.
True.
A compound sentence uses a FANBOY. What needs to be on each side of the fanboy to make the sentence correct.
What is a complete sentence. subject + verb
These phrases are examples of what?
The wind howled at night. The book was so popular it flew off the shelves. The last piece of pie was calling my name.
Personification - giving human qualities to things and ideas that are not humans.
Words that have the same or similar meaning are called?
Synonyms
Each test you will have 4 hours to complete it (NOT UNLESS YOU HAVE EXTRA TIME). If you don't know an answer, flag it and come back to it. Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test. Take your time. No cell phones.
True!
In the next two selections...
What does this phrase mean?
There is a paired passage. Make sure your questions match the story you are reading.
What change should be made to the sentence below?
I didn't thought Mr. Torturo could be so cruel.
Changes thought to think
When you are writing a report about information you have learned, you are writing what type of report?
Informational/Explanatory