Story Elements
This is when/where the story takes place.
The setting
2x12=?
What is 24
You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible. True or False??
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.
What part of speech are a person, place, thing, or idea?
noun
What is the conversation or words said in a drama/play called?
dialogue
An acute triangle is greater or less than 90 degrees?
What is less than 90 degrees.
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
The author's purpose of a fictional text is to
entertain, tell a story
56 divided 7=?
What is 8.
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by finding text evidence to support your thinking. True or False?
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 point of view is a text that uses: I, me, my, we, us
First Person Point of View
True or False?
The sun is a planet.
What is false? The sun is a star.
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 or False?
True.
A compound sentence is when two complete sentences are combined using a coordinating conjunction (and, so, but) and what else?
a comma
Words that have the same or similar meaning are called?
Synonyms
What are two lines that cross and form 90 degree angles?
What are perpendicular lines
These are all true or false:
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!
When you read,
"In the next two selections..."
What does this mean on a test?
There is a paired passage. Make sure your questions match the story you are reading.
These phrases are examples of what type of figurative language?
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.