Bradley 8th Grade English STAAR Review

When analyzing test questions, the phrase "support the claim" or "supports the idea" is asking the reader to find

• complications

• main idea

• supporting details

• concrete evidence

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.9A

_______writing that gives the events in the order in which they occurred; order of events; sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• problem and solution

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CCSS.W.8.2C

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3C

Convey means to

• determine

• show

• paraphrase

• summarize

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A ________ is a poem's "paragraph"

• line

• stanza

• verse

• limerick

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A synonym for significant is

• important

• one

• sympathetic

• cause

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

When you make comparisons, you look for __________

• similarities

• differences

• opinions

• facts

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CCSS.RI.8.3

Which of the following words would you associate with chronological order

• happy, sad, confused

• first, next, last

• because, if, then

• problem, solution

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.W.8.3C

Which of the following words would not be a synonym of persuade?

• urge

• influence

• convince

• inform

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

How should you prove your answers?

• do nothing

• mark off words and phrases

• take a guess

• always pick C

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.9A

STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on-

What skill are you being asked to use for this question?

• summary

• main idea

• context clues

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.5