Question Purpose
The question is asking you to find this if it is worded like this: "What is the best way to describe what happened in this selection?"
What is a summary?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
True or False: All 8th graders are required to take the 8th grade Reading STAAR.
True
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 is a word that means the same or is similar to another word.
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?
Sensory language that appeals to our five senses.
What is imagery?
If a question asks, "What is paragraph 5 mainly about?" What is it asking for?
What is main idea?
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?
The author's feeling towards the subject matter in the text.
What is tone?
Words that tell what the characters should be doing as they speak their lines
What is Stage Directions?
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?
The part of the writing or speech that captures the readers attention
What is Hook?
Non-fiction written by the author about the author's life
What is Autobiography?
State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness.
What is STAAR?
How the story or passage is organized is known as its __________ ___________-
What is
What is Text structure?
(Ex. Description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, compare and contrast)
This type of figurative language uses words with the same starting letter.
What is alliteration?
A birthday cake has 10 lit candles. You blow out 3 of the candles. How many candles are left?
What is 10?
The letters ECR and SCR mean.
What is Extended Constuctive Respons and Short Constructive Response?
Language that describes something as different from its actual, or literal meaning.
What is Figurative Language?