Elements of Reading

Which type of literature will not be presented on the STAAR Reading? 

• Poetry
• Autobiography
• Drama
• Fiction

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the author's purpose for most fictional stories?

• To inform
• To Explain
• To persuade
• To entertain

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

What is theme? 

• a moral story
• a reading lesson
• a moral lesson
• what the story is MOSTLY about

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

What is MAIN IDEA? 

• a moral story
• the lesson the author wants you to learn
• what the story is MOSTLY about
• a moral lesson

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

Text features help the reader by...

• persuading them to agree with the author
• Giving additional information for understanding
• Putting headers and subtitles in bold letters
• Showing real life photos

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Poems without rhyme are called

• Rhythm 
• free verse
• rap
• stanzas

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Stage directions are written in dramas because...

• They help the actors know what to do while they are reading their lines
• They tell the character what to say during the play
• Tell the actors what to say during the play
• Tells which props to have in each scene

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which does NOT apply to the author's purpose for expository?

• To inform reader's about endangered animals. 
• To explain about why boaters should slow down when they are close to the shore.
• To describe the habitat of reptiles.
• To persuade readers to save the manatees.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The reader identifies the climax of a story by...

• The first conflict in a story or play
• the part of story or play where the tension or action reaches its highest part
• How the problem is resolved in a play
• The events leading to the biggest conflict in the story

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is the author's purpose in this passage?
The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters. 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.6.9