READING STAAR REVIEW

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What is point of view?

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The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective.

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Which is an example of alliteration? Options: You snore louder than a freight train! , “He was wily as a fox.”, "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.", “The wind howled.”

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"Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."

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Grouped lines in a poem is called a...

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stanza

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The feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage is known as...

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mood

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"Your explanation is as clear as mud," is an example of a...

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simile

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An autobiography is...

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a true story of a person's life written or told by that person

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A reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work is known as...

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tone

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A summary or short text that describes the original text must include what abbreviated information from the story? Options: PIE, BME (beginning, middle and end), paraphrase, POV

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BME (beginning, middle and end)

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What things should you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text? Options: graphics, captions, bold words, all of the above

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all of the above

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A statement that cannot be proven true or false is...

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opinion