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100

Why _____ two players sitting on the sidelines?

A) is
B) are

B) are

100

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

What is PERSONIFICATION?

100

the problem in the story

What is CONFLICT?

100

True or false?

During STAAR testing, teachers can remind you to use your test strategies.

What is False?

100

Made up Stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic space/technology.

Example: Star Wars

Science fiction

200

______ Roslyn’s ankles feeling any better?

a) is 

b) are


B) are 

200

the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way

What is MOTIVATION?

200

a person in a story

What is a CHARACTER?

200

lesson about life readers can apply to life

What is THEME/MESSAGE?

200

The reason the author has for writing ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?

300

What is wrong with this sentence?

Young members like to play and tease, it’s fun and helps them learn the rules of the group.

What is a comma splice? 
300

a title or short description of a picture

What is CAPTION?

300

Mrs. Smith was teaching her students about respect. All week she taught her students about treating others with kindness and even how to respect people they didn't agree with. But over the weekend, some of Mrs. Smith's students were at the mall and saw her yelling at a store employee. Mrs. Smith's student Jaime saw her yelling at the employee and thought that respecting others must not be that important after all. What is the theme? 

A. Actions speak louder than words.

B. Friendships can come from unexpected places.

C. Through friendship you can overcome your fears.

A. Actions speak louder than words.

300

True or false?

During STAAR testing, you can ask your teacher questions about the text or genre?

What is False?

300

time and place of a story

What is SETTING?

400

What change should be made to the sentence?

Young members like to play and tease, it’s fun and helps them learn the rules of the group.

A. Change to to two

B. Add a comma before and 

C. Change the comma to a period or semi-colon

D. No change needed

C. Change the comma to a period or semi-colon

400

instructions for actors and stage crew

What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?

400

A monkey put his hand into the jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and cried bitterly. 

What is the theme? 

A. Do the right thing, even if it's hard.

B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.

C. With hard work, you can do anything.

B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.

400

Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness

What is COMPARISON?


400

the pattern of rhyme in a poem

What is RHYME SCHEME?

500

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

The proboscis monkey is named after its most prominent feature the males have a huge, droopy nose.
A. Change monkey to monkeys

B. Change its to it's

C. Add a period after feature

D. Add a colon after feature

D. Add a colon after feature

500

how the READER feels about the text while reading

What is MOOD?

500

a speaker or character who tells a story

What is a NARRATOR?

500

what went wrong and how it was/or could be fixed

What is Organizational Pattern: PROBLEM-SOLUTION

500

strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound

What is RHYTHM?

600

Place the Commas: Kambree wants to go home but Jett doesn't want to leave yet.

Kambree wants to go home, but Jett doesn't want to leave yet.

600

the writer's position on an issue or problem

What is CLAIM?

600

the perspective from which a story is told

What is POINT OF VIEW?

600

What is a metaphor?

The comparison of two things without using like or as.

600

conversation between characters

What is DIALOGUE?

700

Place the Commas: While I was in the kitchen the baby woke up.

While I was in the kitchen, the baby woke up.

700

to arrive at a conclusion on the based on thought

What is INFER?

700

Can theme be just one word? Explain

No, theme can not be just one word. It is a statement.

700

presents items or events in order or tells the steps to follow

What is Organizational Pattern: CHRONOLOGICAL/SEQUENTIAL ORDER?

700

theme of a story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life

What is CENTRAL MESSAGE?

800

Place the commas: I wanted to buy balloons ice cream and a present for the party.

I wanted to buy balloons, ice cream, and a present for the party.

800

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

800

One winter, a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen. The monkey felt sorry for the snake and so he picked the snake up and held it to his chest to try to warm it. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and because of its instincts, bit the monkey with all its might. What is the theme?
A Even though you have good intentions, others may not
B Don't hold snakes close to your chest.
C Snakes are dangerous.

A.) Even though you have good intentions, others may not

800

What is alliteration?

Ex: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

800

Sequence of events in a story

What is PLOT?

900

Place the commas: Behind the garbage bin I found an old couch that I could use in my living room.

Behind the garbage bin, I found an old couch that I could use in my living room.

900

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

What is FORESHADOWING?

900

Rochelle begged & begged her mom for a new pet. Her mom was hesitant at first, since this was Rochelle's first pet but agreed in the end since Rochelle promised to take care of it. Rochelle brought her new puppy home from the pound & named it Patches. Patches was an active, sweet puppy but very untrained. The first day he chewed up Rochelle's new shoes & made chew marks on her furniture. Rochelle quickly found out that having a puppy wasn't everything she thought it would be.

Be careful what you wish for!

900

poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter

What is TONE?

900

Story about a real person's life that is written by another person.

Biography

1000

What is another name for the FANBOYS?

conjunctions

1000

figurative and/or descriptive language that creates an image in the mind of the reader by appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

What is IMAGERY?

1000

Georgia decided to take a sewing class but felt very frustrated when she couldn’t sew a straight line on the first day. “This looks so easy, but it’s not! Clearly, I’m just terrible at sewing!” she complained. Even though she felt frustrated, she continued to go to class week after week. Each week, her sewing instructor helped her. By the last week of class, Georgia finally completed a project all by herself! She created a rectangular pillow for her bed...with four mostly perfect straight lines.

What's the theme?

Hard work pays off!

1000

What is an adjective?

A word that describes something.

1000

Story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

Mystery (Fiction)

1100

Cheetahs is the fastest animals on earth.
What change should be made to correct the error in the sentence ? 
A. Change is to are
B. Change fast to fastest
C. Change fast to faster
D. No change is necessary

A. Change is to are

1100

What type of clause is this? That the car was already in the garage

What is "dependent?"

1100

What is the difference between theme and main idea?

Theme is the moral or lesson of the story. Main Idea is what the story is about.

1100

a group of lines in a poem

What is a STANZA?

1100

Written in verse form and creates an emotional response of thought or feeling. May include patterns of rhyme.

Poetry