STAAR Review knowledge check

Open Ended

What is the strategy for writing a short constructed repsonse (SCR)?

Multiple Choice

After you have selected your answer choice, what should you do next?

• Move on to the next question.

• read the question, then read my answer choice to make sure my answer supports the question.

• underline key terms.

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If I see a word I do not know in the question, the article or my answer choice, I will ​ ​

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to get an idea of the what the word means.

Multiple Choice

It is perfectly fine to use the dictionary to find the answer to a context clues question.

• True

• false

Multiple Choice

Theme is

• what the story is mostly about.

• The protagonist of the story

• how the author organized the story.

• The main message, lesson or moral of the story.

Multiple Choice

Problem -solution

Compare and contrast

chronological order

cause and effect.

These terms all describe;

• organizational pattern/text structure

• author's purpose

• theme

• Writing style

Multiple Choice

Synonyms for main Idea incudes;

• main topic and theme

• author's message and controlling Idea

• central Idea and controlling Idea

Multiple Choice

Main Idea is

• The main person or thing (topic) that the story is about.

• The reason the author wrote the text.

• the main message the author wants you to learn.

• the beginning, middle and end of a story.

Multiple Choice

The author's purpose of including a photo, a paragraph or information about a character is to;

• tell you what is happening in the story.

• to make the story organized.

• To decorate the story with colourful pictures.

• describe, inform or explain information about the topic.

Multiple Choice

What are the elements of drama?

• scene

  plot

  stanzas

  rhyme

  theme

• theme

  POV

  Cast of characters

  stage directions

  dialogue

  setting

• cast of characters

  meter

  figurative language

  footnotes

• main idea

  theme

  lines of dialogue

  ast of characters

Multiple Choice

The elements of fiction are

• POV

  Theme

  characters

  plot

  figurative language

• Characters

  Main Idea

  footnotes

  rhythm

• Summary

  plot

  theme

  poet

Multiple Choice

Figurative language

theme

POV

Plot

Rhyme

stanzas

lines

These are all elements of which genre of literature?

• Fiction

• Informational Text

• Drama

• Poetry

Multiple Choice

Things I should do in my STAAR TEST tomorrow;

• guess all the answers and be done in 1 hr.

• use my scratch paper to write characters names, ECR outline, BME box, key details, take my time because I have all day to complete the test.

• Take a nap during the test.

• Talk to other students during the test.

Multiple Choice

To choose the answer for "what is the best summary", of an INFORMATIONAL ARTICLE, you should select the answer choice that has;

• Information from the beginning, middle, and end

• The main idea and supporting details

• best information about the topic.

Fill in the Blank

After reading a fictional story or a Drama, what strategy do you use to select the best summary of those stories?

Drag and Drop

What are the elements that should be included in "​ PARAGRAPH 1" of an argumentative essay? ​ ​

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claim

2 reasons

hook

background information

Main idea

theme

text evidence

Multiple Choice

Should you write a "hook" for the argumentative or informational essay?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

When answering my ECR/essay question, what is the first thing I should write?

• text evidence

• Thesis

• ace paragraph

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

I wrote my thesis and now I am struggling to develop a hook and overview/bridge. My next step is to

• use my time to reread the story until I figure it out.

• Write a random sentence

• Skip the hook and overview and develop my ACE paragraph and conclusion

Multiple Choice

Is a "counter argument" in the argumentative essay required for 6th and 7th grade?

• No, it is not required for 6th grade.

• Yes it is required.

Multiple Choice

Paragraph 1 of an "INFORMATIONAL ESSAY" should include;

• background information and details

• Opening statement/ hook and overview - a complete answer to the question (controlling idea) and 2 details.

• claim and evidence

Multiple Choice

What is the structure to follow for writing paragraphs 2 and 3 of all essays?

• text evidence

• text evidence and supporting details that tells the reader what you are talking about. Do the same for paragraph 2 using detail or reason #2.

• topic sentence with the 1 reason/detail from paragraph 1. Text evidence and explanation. Use reason/detail #2 to do the same for paragraph 2.

Multiple Choice

My text evidence should always use quotation marks ("....") and it must be _

• an entire paragraph of evidence.

• 1 specific sentence.

• saying my evidence is in paragraph 6.

• the author explains this in paragraphs 6-10.

Multiple Choice

Paragraph 3 or 4 should be the conclusion. What transition word do you use to begin writing your conclusion?

• In conclusion or therefore

• another reason, or on the other hand

• However, or this means