STAAR Review

The emotional feel of a passage

• Theme

• Mood

• Tone

• Author's Purpose

Evidence or clues around an unknown word that helps to define the word

• text evidence

• text structure

• context clues

• dictionary

When things begin to turn around or change in a story (pick 2)

• climax

• turning point

• resolution

• inciting incident

Which of the following is not an author's purpose?

• Describe

• Persuade

• Narrative

• Inform

The order in which things occur in a passage

• Sequence of Events

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

• Plot

Which of the following are text features? Choose all that apply.

• Map

• Graph

• Caption

• Stanzas

• Sub titles

The part of the story after the conflict and before the turning point

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Falling Action

What a passage is mostly about

• Summary

• Plot

• Sequence of Events

• Main Idea

The lesson or moral the story teaches

• Mood

• Theme

• Plot

• Resolution

Letters added to the end of a word to change or alter the meaning

• Affix

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root Word