STAAR Review Terms Literary Fiction

What is Text Evidence

• What you say in response to the text

• Language or words taken directly from the text that support a claim

• The answer choices to the question

• What the teacher says it is

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What does it mean to summarize? (select 2 answers)

• To tell the main idea and the key details

• To briefly state the most important information from a text

• To make connections to the story and the characters

• Vivid impressions and memorable details that help you "see" the story

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What are characters?

• A person, animal, or creature in a story

• The person who wrote the story

• The narrator and his friends

• The people who read the stories

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What are characters internal response? (select 2 answers)

• The response of the character, such as how they think or how they feel

• Responses that take place inside the characters mind and are revealed as thoughts

• When the response involves another person

• How the character responds to other people or situations

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is characters external response? (select 2 answers)

• When the response is within the character

• A response that is reflected as a thought because it happens in the characters mind

• When the character response to another character is the story

• It is not in the characters mind, instead it is a response to something that the character has to deal with

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Plot

• The organizational pattern of a fictional story

• The text structure the author uses

• The series of connected events or scenes that make up a story or play.

• The title page in a book

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is Setting?

• The location where the story takes place

• The chair where you are

• To line up plates, knives and forks

• The main character and their struggles

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Rising Action?

• What water boils to the top

• The series of events that create suspense and interest in a story

• As the plot winds down and the suspense lessens, and events start to fall into place

• The beginning where the setting, characters and central conflict are introduced

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Climax

• A pop band from the 80's

• The part in which the plot's suspense reaches its peak, the turning point of the story

• The series of events that create suspense and interest

• The way the characters solve the problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is Falling Action

• The series of events that create suspense and interest

• The way the characters solve the problem

• The plot winds down, suspense lessens, and events start to fall into place

• The problem that the characters have to solve

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9