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Genre
Wild Card
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
What is Get plenty of sleep
100
How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in paragraphs
What is context clues and use a dictionary to look-up the meaning
100

The 6 types of genres in literature

What is: fiction, literary non-fiction, argumentative/persuasive text, poetry, drama, and informational texts?

100

All FICTION are written with this in mind including rising action, climax and falling action. All these elements contribute to the....

What is a plot.

100

Name a type of figurative language

What is a metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, etc.

200
How much time do you have to take the test?
What is 4 hours
200

A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.

What is annotate?

200

A good summary contains

What is characters, problem, and resolution

200
A group of lines in poetry.
What is stanza
200

Name an organizational pattern used in informational text

What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, chronological, problem and solution, etc.

300
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
What is eat a healthy breakfast
300
Name all of the parts of the RACES writing strategy

What is....

R- restate the question

A- answer the question

C- cite text evidence

E- explain your evidence

S- summarize

300

When the reader uses his/her prior knowledge + context clues

What is Inference?

300
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is this type of text.
What is informational text
300

Which genre might you see the MOST use of figurative language?

What is poetry.

400

Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?

What is It demonstrates your mastery of skills in the 7th grade and is needed for PROMOTION to the next grade level

400

What strategy should you use when making the best answer choice?

What is process of elimination

400

The strategy for answering vocabulary context clue questions.

What is read the text for hints about the word OR what is use the dictionary?

400

May include aliens, robots and/or futuristic events

What is science-fiction

400

When are you allowed to have your cell phones back?

After everyone has completed the STAAR test

500
What should you leave at home or be prepared to give to a teacher or test proctor before the test?
What are cell phones or electronic devices?
500

Where can you get a good idea what a passage is about before you even read the passage?

What is the title. (First/Last paragraphs)

500

The meaning of the theme

What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson

500

Authors purposes serve five purposes

TO: Persuade, inform, entertain, explain, & describe

500

What are the steps to annotating and making the best answer choice on a STAAR passage? (Hint: UNWRAP)

What is...

U: Underline title and make a prediction

N: Notice text features for more info

W: Walk through questions for preview

R: Read the passage and annotate

A: Answer the questions using R.A.C.E.S.

P: Prove your answers with TEXT EVIDENCE