STAAR 2023 Review Quiz - 8th

Mnemonic Device: DCCOP

• Rhetorical Devices: Details, Characteristics, Categories, Objects, Particulars

• Organizational Patterns: Description, Change and Redo

  Consequence and Action, Opinion, Plan

• Author's Purpose: Details, Cause and Solution, Compare and Contrast, Order and Sequence, Problem and Effect

• Organizational Patterns: Description, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Order/Sequence, Problem and Solution

What are the five elements of PLOT?

• Setting, Character, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Conflict, Climax, Resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Setting, Character, Conflict, Climax

Which part of a story's plot describes the effects of the climax?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which part of a story's plot shows the final outcome?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which part of a story's plot shows the point of greatest tension and/or marks a turning point?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

What are some LITERARY DEVICES you need to know?

• Figurative Language, Multiple Points of View, Irony, Mood, Voice, Tone

• Alliteration, Repetition, Multiple Tone Words, Allusions, Setting

• Metaphors, Details, Mood, Conflict, Characters, Stanzas

• Figurative Language, Loaded Words, Point of View, Symbolism

Mnemonic Device: PIE'ED

• Literary Devices:

  Personification, Irony, Extended Metaphor, Exposition, Dialogue

• Author's Purpose:

  Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe

• Text Structure: Problems, Inferences, Effects, Explanations, Details

• Rhetorical Devices:

  Perspective, Imagery, Example,

  Explanation, Description

Mnemonic Device: ARMS

• Editing:

  Attention, Read, Reread, and Mark Spelling

• Author's Purpose:

  Argue, Relate, Relax, Make Known, Solve

• Revising:

  Add, Remove, Replace, or Move Something

• Organizational Patterns: Anecdotes, Reasons, Motives, Set

Mnemonic Device: CUPSS

• Editing:

  Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling, Sentence Boundaries

• Literary Devices:

  Characterization, Understatement, Puns, Stereotypes, Symbolism

• Editing:

  Colons, Use, Punctuate, Summarize, Sentence Fragments

• Revising:

  Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling, Sentence Boundaries

What are some LITERARY ELEMENTS?

• Stanzas, Conflicts, Exposition, Turning Point

• Theme, Character, Setting, Plot

• Inciting Incident, Dialogue, Personification, Symbolism

• Characters, Acts, Scenes, Sensory Details