5th Grade STAAR Review Parents

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What does it mean to persuade?

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To persuade means to convince someone to do or believe something through reasoning or argument.

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What is a stanza in poetry?

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A stanza is a group of consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is the cause/effect relationship?

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A cause/effect relationship shows how one event (the cause) leads to another event (the effect).

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What is an endangered species?

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An endangered species is a type of animal or plant that is at risk of extinction due to a decrease in population.

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What is the purpose of informative writing?

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The purpose of informative writing is to provide facts and information to the reader.

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What is a narrative poem?

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A narrative poem is a poem that tells a story, often with characters and a plot.

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What is a couplet in poetry?

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A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

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What does it mean to inform?

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To inform means to give information or knowledge about a particular subject.

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What is a sonnet?

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A sonnet is a 14-line poem that typically follows a specific rhyme scheme and meter.