Question Purpose
The question is asking you to find this if it is worded like this: "What is the best summary of the selection?"
What is a summary?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
True or False: If I am late to school on STAAR test day, then I don't have to take the test.
False
The directions will be read to you before entering the testing room. Then you will have 4 hours to complete the test.
When reading a question that specifies a certain paragraph, this is the most important thing a student should do.
What is go back to the text?
This word refers to another word with a similar meaning.
What is synonym?
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: "The details in paragraph 5 support the idea that - "
What are supporting details?
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What is text evidence?
Sensory language that appeals to our five senses.
What is imagery?
Cell phones, candy, Smart watches, snacks. These are all examples of...
What are Things I am not allowed to bring into the test room?
These words surround and help readers figure out the definition of unknown words.
What are context clues?
What is an antonym?
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: " Which idea does the author emphasize throughout the selection?"
What is main idea?
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Key idea, central idea
The author's feeling towards the subject matter in the text.
What is tone?
This the duration of the Reading STAAR.
What are four hours?
This word generally means the lesson the author wants the reader to take away from the story.
What is theme?
This figurative language exaggerates what is happening in the story for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: "The author describes his experience in a way that highlights - "
What is author's purpose?
This point of view gives us insight only into the feelings and thoughts of the narrator.
What is first-person POV?
What is sleep, read a book, or sit quietly?
These types of words/phrases help the author indirectly emphasize certain things in the story.
What is figurative language?
This happens when you take your schema and text evidence.
What is making an inference?
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Inferencing
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: "In paragraph 5, Anthony chooses not to mention the ready-made pesto most likely because he - "
What is character motivation?
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things without using like or as, and carries this comparison throughout the text.
What is extended metaphor?
True or False: After all students have finished their test in the room I am testing in, we can all get our cell phones out.
False
No cell phones may be out until given the all clear by admin.
This is the easiest way to find a summary in a text.
What is highlight or underline the most important detail from each paragraph?
True or False: the STAAR test defines who you are as a person.
False.
The test measures your academic readiness. It does not define you.