STAAR Reading 1
The moral or lesson in the story
What is theme?
Identify the type of figurative language used here: She was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
First person or third person point of view:
I hopped on my bike and rode to the store to buy my mom a quart of milk.
What is first person?
What three parts should be included in a summary?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
A complete summary has the: Beginning, Middle, and End
A recipe for banana bread would be considered which text structure?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What is sequence/chronological?
When 2 characters in a play have a conversation, this is called___________.
What is dialogue?
Objective or subjective:
People should exercise and eat healthy foods.
What is subjective?
Which point of view?
When they had finished eating, they all went to the backyard to watch the fireworks. Jessie smiled, and her brother smiled back at her.
What is third person objective?
What is to persuade?
What is the setting?
Michael bounced his right leg nervously as he sat in the sterile room. The unwelcoming white walls blinded him, and the smell of harsh cleaning solvents attacked his nostrils.
What is a doctor's office?
What is the author's purpose:
A handbook teaching people how to build a birdhouse
What is inform?
Identify the type figurative language used here:
The tree reached for the sky, trying to touch the stars.
What is personification?
The solution a story is called the _________.
What is resolution?
When you use prior knowledge and evidence from the text, this is called a/an_____________.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What is an inference?
What POV?
Trey looked out the window. The rain was still pouring down. He threw his baseball glove on the couch with a sigh. The thunder cracked and his phone dinged. Trey picked up the phone. It was a message from his cousin: The game is cancelled because of the weather. Trey didn't reply to the message. He threw the phone back on his bed and rubbed his temples. The rain pattered on the roof.
What is third person?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Identify the type of figurative language used here:
The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn.
What is a metaphor?
Objective or subjective:
Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat meat.
What is subjective?
Identify the figurative language, tell what two things are being compared and explain what it means:
The detective listened to her story with a wooden face.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What is metaphor, the detective's face to wood, the detectives had no expression as they listened to her.
What is the author's purpose?
We thought the game was over. The buzzer rang and we thought that we had lost, but then the referee blew the whistle. A foul was called and now Derrick had a chance to win the game for us. He stepped up to the free-throw line. The stadium, though filled with people, was completely silent. Everyone was still. Derrick dribbled the ball a couple times. He squared up on the line. Sweat beaded on his forehead. All eyes were on Derrick.
What is to entertain?
Is the tone positive or negative? Give 2 pieces of text evidence.
The park was empty when she saw it. As the late afternoon sun warmed her back, she breathed in deeply through her nostrils, revitalized by the fresh surge of oxygen. The years of musty cellars and rented out back rooms had constricted her lungs and her life. But this—this was different. As the trees blew in the wind, swaying to some kind of silent spiritual, their branches waved at her, welcoming her to their open space. She sat down on a nearby bench, took in another deep breath, and laughed when the dry, dancing leaves tickled her ankles. She laughed until tears of delight trickled down her prematurely-aged cheeks, and for the first time in her life, she was happy.
Positive
VARIES
In drama, these help the reader "see" the scene. They are usually in brackets.
What are stage directions?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What is the text structure of the following paragraph?
Dr. Miller doesn’t want the tigers to vanish. These majestic beasts are disappearing at an alarming rate. Dr. Miller thinks that we should write to our congress people. If we let them know that we demand the preservation of this species, maybe we can make a difference. Dr. Miller also thinks that we should donate to Save the Tigers. Our donations will help to support and empower those who are fighting the hardest to preserve the tigers. We owe it to our grandchildren to do something.
What is problem/solution?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Identify the point of view of the following paragraph:
Red looked across the prairie. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Texas Joe had hollered like that. Texas Joe turned to him. The ghost that Texas Joe had just seen was gone. Texas Joe swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Red. It was just here,"said Texas Joe.Red scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Joe?" he asked. Red was angry with Texas Joe for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
Setting: Where and when is the story taking place?
The swings and slides were abandoned. So abandoned that she could hear her head pound, like little hands clamoring to escape prison. On a nearby bench, she saw an afternoon paper—the crossword halfway complete—and she sat next to it, grateful for its lifeless company. The wind blew and sent the leaves swirling and brushing up against her boney, exposed ankles. She tightened the scarf around her neck and pulled it up so that her mouth was covered, looked at her watch, and waited. Waited. Waited. When she finally saw him through the harsh darkness, she was too tired to get up.
What is a park in the winter at night?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Identify the figurative language, describe what is being compared/exaggerated/etc, and explain what it means:
This song shall be a rose: soft, fragrant, and with no thorn left to wound you.
What is metaphor, song is being compared to a rose and it means that the song will be delicate and not hurtful.