STAAR Review

Hints given to a reader by the author which communicate a hidden or embedded message.

• Context clues

• graphic elements

• inferences

• convey

The process of taking context clues & coming to a logical conclusion based on the evidence presented.

• stage directions

• context clues

• inference

• convey

Any tool, other than the text itself, to help the reader understand the themes of a selection better. Ex. Pictures, quotes, text boxes, modified text: italics, bold, all caps...

• context clues

• graphic elements

• stage directions

  convey

• inference

How an author chooses to organize information or plot structure in a selection.

• context clues

• inference

• stage directions

• organizational pattern

To make VERY obvious to the reader

• convey

• emphasize

• stanza

• stage directions

An emotional or a psychological problem taking place within a character...

• internal conflict

• selection

• tone

• mood

The subject or message being presented within a selection; themes are universal, not just bound to one story

• tone

• theme

• inference

• stanza

The lesson or moral of the story is called the what?

• conflict

• main character

• topic

• theme

The problem a character faces in a story is called the ______

• climax

• resolution

• conflict

• theme

Which type of point of view tells the story from the main character's perspective?

• Second person point of view

• First person point of view

• Third person point of view

• Third person omniscient