Mrs. Williams Analyzing Staar Reading Passages Lesson

Analyzing Staar Reading Passages

Multiple Choice

When a STAAR reading question uses the words show, demonstrate, suggest, imply - the question is asking you to:

• Cause and Effect

• infer

• compare and contrast

• evidence

Multiple Choice

When analyzing test questions these words indicate that you need to find Author's Purpose.

• Paragraph 4 was organized in what way?

• The writer most likely included this sentence to ....

• The meaning of the word ______ in paragraph 9 was . . . ...