Staar Prep Modified

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author
• Speaker
• Narrator
• Main character

Which of the following statements is an example of imagery? 

• The flowers begged for water. 
• Usain Bolt runs like the wind. 
• This is the greatest day ever! 
• One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker. 

Read the following sentence and choose the type of figurative language it contains: 
Tim and Tom were like two peas in a pod. 

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Where a story takes place is the 

• Plot
• Setting
• Figurative Language
• Rising Action

Why is it important to close and critically read?

• To make sure I am getting as much out of the text as possible
• It's not
• To compare information 
• To make sure the paper is of the highest quality

I need to do this when I get confused with my reading.

• ask a question
• predict
• re-read
• make connections

Read the following sentence and choose the type of figurative language it contains: 
The flame of the candle danced in the dark. 

• Simile
• Personification 
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

The theme of a story is the

• figurative language in a text.
• A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
• A category in which literature is classified.
• Writing that reads like fiction.

Hints about the meaning of a word in surrounding sentences are

• context clues
• active reading
• inferences
• predictions

Plot is

• Events that make up a story
• The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
• setting and characters
• the solution to the problem