Literary Texts
The message created by the author. What the author wants you to learn.
Theme
The way an author structures and puts together their ideas into writing.
Text organization / text structure
The paired questions of the test require you to infer and conclude how passage one relates to passage two. You should look for _____ and _______ when comparing.
Similarities and differences
The turning point in your story. Where the big change happens.
Climax
How many hours do you have to complete the STAAR test?
8 hours (all day)
A simile compares two things using like or as while a metaphor does not use like or as.
The author's main position or overall big idea that is presented before the body of the text.
Claim and central idea/thesis
What type of question uses these steps? The steps: go back and check context, use your dictionary, and match the best choice are an important strategy that will need to be used for most of your reading passages, since each set of questions has at least one of these.
Vocabulary questions
What is the plot of a story?
The series of events
The date for your RLA STAAR test.
Tomorrow!! April 15th
What are the groups of lines in poetry called?
Stanzas
The inclusion of visual items such as bullets, boldface words, subheadings, diagrams, tables, and photographs.
Text and graphic features
When answering a revising and editing question, should you read the whole text or only the line the question asks about?
The whole text
What happens in the rising action?
Events that lead up to the climax of the story.
The level of effort and quality you put into your ECR, SCR, and multiple choice questions (ALL of them) will determine what?
How well you do on the test!
The ___________ has a direct or indirect effect on characters in a story and always involves place and time.
Setting
The reason or the intent behind the author's writing.
Author's purpose
What is the planning strategy we use for an ECR?
I Planning
What is conflict?
The problem that the character is trying to solve throughout the story.
There is no way you can start writing/typing your ECR without doing what first?
Create a plan (I plan)
The different possible perspectives of a narrator in fiction.
First-person (I, me), third-person (he, they; one character's view) (them, he; ALL characters' views)
In argumentative text, the author backs up the claim by providing ___________ and __________.
Reasons, evidence
What should a summary of a text include?
Key details from the beginning, middle and end. (BME)
What is the difference between internal events vs external events?
internal events refer to what happens inside a character's mind (thoughts, feelings, and internal struggles). External events are things that occur outside the character such as fights, or other interactions with other characters.
What should you do with your blank sheet of paper?
Take notes! Annotate, create a chart, plan your ECR