STAAR Reading Review Quiz #1

Which of the following statements expresses an opinion?

• The best-selling ice cream flavor of all time is vanilla.

• Neapolitan ice cream is a combination of strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate ice cream flavors.

• Cookies'n'cream ice cream is made with chocolate sandwich cookie pieces.

• The best-tasting ice cream flavor is pecan praline.

Which of the following statements expresses an opinion?

• Arachnophobia is having a fear of spiders.

• Why are some people scared of spiders?

• Spiders are the scariest insects.

• A spider can use its hairy legs to skitter across your path.

Select all of the statements that describe facts.

• A statement that can be proven true or false.

• A clue that you are reading a fact is when numbers are used.

• Facts can change.

• A personal feeling, thought or belief.

Select all of the statements that describe opinions.

• A statement that can be proven true or false.

• A personal feeling, thought, or belief.

• Opinions can change.

• Superlatives are clues that you may be reading an opinion.

Which sentence expresses an opinion?

• Most spiders are harmless.

• Everyone is scared of black widow spiders.

• Spiders actually help people by keeping insect and other pesky creatures under control.

• In some parts of the world, spiders are symbols of good luck and fortune.

Select all of the texts that you should #main idea.

• Literary nonfiction texts (biographies)

• Expository texts

• Poetry

• Fiction texts

Select all of the actions you should do to pass the STAAR reading test.

• Read and code the question.

• Find the text evidence.

• Eliminate the wrong answers.

• Prove your answer.

Papa Penguin stays behind, balancing the egg on his feet and keeping it warm under his belly feathers. He huddles with other dads as the wind howls. He can't let the egg touch the ice, or it will freeze.

The word huddles means -

• balances on its feet

• protects again the wind

• touches gently

• crowds together in a tight group

Seahorse eggs stay with the dads, instead of the moms, to develop. With a special tube, a mother seahorse places her eggs in a pouch on Dad's belly. This expandable pouch might hold from 50 eggs up to 1,0000 or more.

The word expandable means -

• very large

• able to make bigger

• able to change shape

• limited

From the poem, "The Horn I Scorn"

Someday I'll play a tune myself

Just wait 'til my turn comes!

I hope that my brother and I will share a room

WHEN I TAKE UP THE DRUMS!

The poet stresses how the speaker will get even with her brother by using -

• short lines

• all capital letters

• an exclamation point

• a simile