STAAR Review 5th Grade Reading

What is an image?

• a title

• a topic

• a picture

• a vocabulary word

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

TEKS.ELA.7.5C

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' of 'as'

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

I tried to make my pony jump the stream, but she balked.

• forgot

• slept

• refused

• leaped

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.3B

TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

Read the following excerpt and answer the question.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging on his front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtain-less window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him Toby was awake as well.

With whom is Michael living?

• Jacko and Toby

• Michael and Toby

• Jacko and Michael

• No one

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.6G

TEKS.ELA.7.6G

TEKS.ELA.8.6G

TEKS.ELA.E3.5G

TEKS.ELA.E4.5G

What does a glossary have?

• the name of the author

• explains a picture

• topics and page numbers

• words and their definitions

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

TEKS.ELA.7.5C

What is the text of a play called?

• narrator

• character tags

• scene

• script

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.8A

TEKS.ELA.5.8A

TEKS.ELA.5.8B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.6.9F

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• theme

• stanza

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

The rabbit managed to evade the fox by hiding in a hole.

• entertain

• startle

• escape

• tempt

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.3B

TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

Read the following excerpt and answer the question.

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging on his front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtain-less window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him Toby was awake as well.

How does Jacko feel?

• scared

• grumpy

• happy

• excited

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.6G

TEKS.ELA.7.6G

TEKS.ELA.8.6G

TEKS.ELA.E2.5G

TEKS.ELA.RI.5B