STAAR Vocabulary

Inferencing is...

• main idea

• using your schema and text evidence to draw conclusions

• supporting details

• summarizing

The setting is...

• where a story takes place.

• the characters in a story.

• what happens in the story.

Which is the correct sequence of events to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

• Cut the bread with a knife - Add jelly - Add peanut butter - Eat

• Eat - Add jelly - Add peanut butter - cut with a knife

• Add peanut butter - Eat - Add jelly - cut with a knife

• Add jelly - Add peanut butter - Cut with a knife - Eat

A detail is ____.

• a main idea

• an individual fact or feature of a whole.

• a summary

• where the story took place.

The people or animals in a story are called the ____.

• characters.

• setting.

• details.

Fiction means ....

• an autobiography.

• stories that are based on real people and events.

• stories with imaginary events and characters.

A plot is ____.

• the sequence of events in a story.

• the main idea of a story.

• the characters and what they do in a story.

What does resolve mean?

• When you can tell the events of a story in order.

• When you can solve a math problem.

• When the characters find a solution to their problem.

What is a conflict in a story?

• When the characters learn a lesson.

• Where the characters are introduced to a problem.

• When the characters have all their problems solved.

Which one of these is NOT a text feature?

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