8th Grade STAAR Review

Which is not a strategy that you should use on your test?

• Underline key words
• Skim the text
• Find Text Evidence
• Briefly write the main ideas/events

What is alliteration?

• rhyme
• repetition of middle sounds
• repetition of end sounds
• repetition of beginning sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is onomatopoeia?

• rhyme
• sound words
• an exaggeration
• repetition of beginning sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The climax is...

• Right before you know the outcome of the conflict for the protagonist
• when the story wraps up
• when the conflict is figured out
• when the tension builds

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

The rising action is...

• Right before you know the outcome of the conflict for the protagonist
• when the story wraps up
• when the conflict is figured out
• when the tension builds

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

The falling action is...

• Right before you know the outcome of the conflict for the protagonist
• when the story wraps up
• when the conflict is figured out
• when the tension builds

The denoument/resolution is...

• Right before you know the outcome of the conflict for the protagonist
• when the story wraps up
• when the conflict is figured out
• when the tension builds

This is an example of what?
"Pizza is the best. "

• Fact
• Opinion
• Assertion
• Testimonial

This is an example of what?
"I think that ice cream is disgusting "

• Fact
• Opinion
• Assertion
• Bandwagon

Which of the following does not apply to finding the theme in literature?

• Writing a topic
• Writing a sentence
• Finding the lesson that could apply to life
• Looking for what the characters learned