STAAR Fiction
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an excerpt?
a book or story
an inference
a quotation
a piece of a larger body of writing
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most verbs in a question can be crossed out and simply changed to ___.
EX: The information in the second paragraph suggests... (Change suggests to ___.)
shows
indicates
exhibits
predicts
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does primarily mean?
EX: The third paragraph is primarily about...
first or at the beginning
not very important
mostly or most importantly
inference or conclusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If something is revealed in a text, that means it is ___.
hidden
shown or made known
done again
closed
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT related to the theme of a story?
moral
message
lesson
main idea
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When circling unknown words, do not circle _____ nouns because they are not in the dictionary.
proper (specific names of things)
common (general names of things)
compound
elaborate
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most unknown or unfamiliar words in a passage can be deciphered by using context clues, but you should ALWAYS look up unknown words that are in the ______.
captions of pictures
answer choices
conclusion
title
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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