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So Ready
Totally Prepared
Always Focused
All About Success
Ready to Conquer
100
Two or more words that are pronounced the same, but have different spelling and different meanings...
What are homophones?
100
Words that mean the opposite...
What are antonyms?
100
Something written that is not true or fake...
What is fiction?
100
Words that mean the same...
What are synonyms?
100
What the story is mostly about...
What is the main idea?
200
Un- is an example of this....
What is a prefix?
200
When two or more nearby words have the same beginning sound...
What is alliteration?
200
-ful is an example of this...
What is a suffix?
200
To inform, entertain, or persuade...
What is an author's purpose?
200
To briefly tell the ideas or events that happened in the reading...
What is a summary?
300
The result of something...
What is the effect?
300
Type of text that tells how to make or do something...
What is procedural text?
300
Comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"...
What is a simile?
300
A story that often has animals as characters and teaches a lesson...
What is a fable?
300
Words that sound like the object they name or the sound that they make...
What is onomatopoeia?
400
What you should do as you read in order to picture what is happening in the passage or poem...
What is visualizing?
400
This part of a story or poem (which isn't always shown) is very important to look at, read, and make notes around...
What is a picture, image, map or illustration?
400
A book an author has written about the life of another person...
What is a biography?
400
A story that is passed down from one person to another over time and can sometimes explain how something was made...
What is a folk tale?
400
Get to bed EARLY!!!!
What is something I should do the night before the STAAR test?
500
I should do this before I start reading a passage and after I read the title...
What is predicting?
500
This is something I should do in order to get my answer choices down to two possible answers...
What is elimination?
500
A guess you make based on bothe the details in the passage and your own experiences...
What is an inference?
500
What a poem is usually made up of...
What are stanzas?
500
These are the steps in the R4 Strategy that I should do with EVERY passage...
What is 1) Read the passage for enjoyment, 2) Read all questions and answer choices and underline key words, 3) Reread the passage looking for PROOF, and 4) Remember to PROVE and use P's & Q's.