Knox's STAAR Reading Practice

The Raiders football team were undefeated when their star quarterback broke his leg.  The coach was very upset because he didn't know who he was going to use in that position!
Which story element is being described in the passage?

• problem
• setting
• theme 
• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Cinderella had long, flowing blonde hair. Her dress was covered with cinders from the fireplace and she had smudges of dirt on her face. But, she always had a smile on her face, and was gentle to all the animals in the barnyard.
Which story element is described in the passage?

• setting
• theme
• character
• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Tonight was finally the performance of Jack's play!  He had worked for weeks on learning his lines and making his costume.  As he put one his costume, he realized there was a big rip in the back of his shirt!  He was upset!!
Which story element is described in this passage?

• climax
• solution
• setting
• problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the author's message to the reader in a story?  

• stanza
• main idea
• summary
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What is the time and place that a story occurs?

• setting
• procedures
• problem
• order and sequence

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is the reason an author writes a story called?

• audience
• author's purpose
• text structure
• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the lesson or message of a story called?

• fable
• expository
• fiction
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

When the truck was located in the parking lot, it had a large tree branches resting on it as if to hide the truck from being seen by anyone.

Which definition matches the word resting?

• a quiet time for relaxation

• those remaining or left behind

• to relax or feel at ease

• to lean or put something on something else

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Clare ran her finger down the first column on the page. "No, no, no," she repeated over and over. Suddenly her finger stopped on one of the little boxes. "Two rooms with a large kitchen," she read. Then she circled the box of print with her pen.

You know from the story that Clare is -

• Looking in the newspaper for an apartment

• Studying the outside of an old building

• Reading a story in the newspaper

• Writing a story for the newspaper

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The ugliest sea creature is the manatee, followed by the swordfish, and the puffer fish.

• fact

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6