STAAR Testing Strategies

STAAR Testing Strategies

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Multiple Choice

What is denotation?

• dictionary definition

• the "vibe" of the word

• an explosion

• erasing notes

Multiple Select

Choose all of the words with a positive connotation:

• stench

• aroma

• odor

• fragrance

• perfume

Multiple Choice

True or False: If two words have the same denotation, they also have the same connotation.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Check the words that signal 1st person narration:

• me

• I

• we

• your

• she

Multiple Choice

Change this story into the 3rd person point of view: I pulled into the parking lot next to Ms. PB. She waited next to my car so we could walk into the school together. Our badges didn't work, so I had to press the doorbell.

• I pulled into the parking lot next to Ms. PB. She waited next to my car so we could walk into the school together. Our badges didn't work, so I had to press the doorbell.

• Ms. Hippensteel pulled into the parking lot next to Ms. PB. She waited next to her car so they could walk into the school together. Their badges didn't work, so Ms. Hip had to press the doorbell.

• You pulled into the parking lot next to Ms. PB. She waited next to your car so you could walk into the school together. Your badges didn't work, so you had to press the doorbell.

Multiple Choice

Read the following:

The marketing team noticed her manicured nails and impeccable makeup, her fashionable clothes, and how beloved she was by her followers.

The description of the girl show that the team feels...

• jealous of the girl

• appreciation for the girl

• frustrated with her followers

• disgusted by the girl's fakeness

Multiple Select

What are key words in Figurative Language questions?

• metaphor

• statue

• simile

• narrator

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a simile?

• My stomach was a roiling tar pit.

• His hand felt like a cold, wet fish.

• This was a bear of a school year.

• You have spaghetti arms.

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph:

His jokes and observations provided a way for us to look at the world through new eyes. He had no idea if anyone would laugh; he was simply taking a funny snapshot, freezing a moment in time. He took our pulse as a country and told us how we were feeling.

What is the tone of this passage?

• jealousy

• admiration

• sadness

• ambivalence

Multiple Select

Select the words that signal the question is about PLOT.

• main idea

• purpose

• conflict

• resolution

• climax

Multiple Choice

Which part of the plot leads to rising action?

• climax

• resolution

• conflict

• falling action

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence is PERSUASIVE, not informative.

• The African elephant is the largest land mammal alive today.

• Mammals usually have two eyes.

• Fish are the best pets for families with small children.

• There are many kinds of bees, but only one makes honey: the honeybee.

Multiple Choice

Read this paragraph?

Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with pale, soft sand. The coastline extends for miles and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and look for shells and other treasures at low tide.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• the beach has soft sand

• sometimes children find shells at low tide

• the coastline is very long

• summer is a wonderful time at West Beach

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Multiple Select

Identify the rhyming couplets.

• Jack be nimble, Jack be quick / Jack jump over the candlestick

• her dream of the mystery of mist. “My child," / he whispered, “that makes no sense at all.”

• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare.

• But let the world dream otherwise, / We wear the mask!

• I do not like green eggs and ham / I do not like them Sam I am.