8th Grade Reading STAAR Review

What is point of view?

• observation

• the character's feelings

• the narrator's opinion

• The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which is an example of alliteration?

• You snore louder than a freight train!

• “He was wily as a fox.”

• "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."

• “The wind howled.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Grouped lines in a poem is called a...

• stanza

• paragraph

• lines

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

The feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage is know as...

• surface

• tone

• mood

• vibe

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

"Your explanation is as clear as mud," is an example of a...

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

An autobiography is...

• a true story of a person's life written or told by that person

• science fiction

• true story of a person's life written or told by someone else

• comedy

A reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work is known as...

• characterization

• tone

• point of view

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A summary or short text that describes the original text must include what abbreviated information from the story?

• PIE

• BME (beginning, middle and end)

• paraphrase

• POV

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What things should you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text?

• graphics

• captions

• bold words

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.W.7.2A

A statement that cannot be proven true or false is...

• claim

• facts

• opinion

• context clues