Literary Genres, Details, and writings for STAAR 2.0

Match the following for Fiction

• first conflict which contributes to the characters actions

• resolution

• Structure or organization of events that make-up a fiction story

• inciting incident

• characters/ setting/ conflict

• exposition

• the part of the story where all conflicts have come to an end

• rising action

• one or more conflicts which lead to the climax of the story

• Plot

When reading a newspaper article, what elements are always present?

• The author's intent or purpose

• The structure of the text

• Features specific to the text type

• All three elements

Text structures: description _​ (a)   problem and solution ​ (b)   sequence _​ (c)   compare and contrast ​ (d)   and cause and effect _​ (e)  

• describing something in the text
• explaining how the problem is solved,
• _the order of events or how to solve the problem
• explaining how things are alike and different
• giving an explaination of why something occurred

Match the following for Text Features

• information under a picture

• map

• a picture with items labeled

• title, subtitle, heading, subheading

• drawn vs. image downloaded

• illustration vs. photograph

• a geographical picture of a place

• diagram

• found within the text and help organize the information

• caption

Poetry has the following elements to consider: how images created with words through_​ (a)   ​ the way the words are organized _​ (b)   ​ the lesson of the text ​ (c)   ​ the way the poet feels about the subject ​ ​ (d)   the way the reader feels about the topic ​​ (e)   ​ _

• figurative lanuage
• stanza
• theme
• tone
• mood

Reorder the following for sentences in a SCR

• sentence has an E stem and explains how the evidence supports the answer

• sentence restates question and answers the question

• sentence has a C stem and evidence is cited from the text

Extended Constructed Response has how many paragraphs?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Reorder the following for pararaphs 2 and 3 in an ECR

• E stem to support second reason

• E stem to support first reason

• synonym for answer in a complete sentence

• C stem with evidence for first support

• C stem with evidence for second support

Match the following for types of literature within non-fiction

• true sotry about a portion of a person's life

• informational

• the story of a real person's life written by another person

• autobiography

• the story of a real person's life written by that person

• biography

• gives directions or facts about a topic

• memoir/ personal narrative

• a text that explains a topic using facts and often has diagrams, charts, graphs, and photos

• expository

Match the following types of text within fiction

• a story that takes place during a specific time period- setting is real but characters are made-up

• science fiction

• a story that uses fictional characters and often set in the future- using robots, or space

• fantasy

• a story that never happened- may have magic and talking animals

• mystery

• a story that has fictional characters and is set in present time- did not happen but could

• realistic fiction

• a story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end- suspensful, characters uncover clue

• historical fiction