STAAR Vocabulary Test

When the author gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea, it is called:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Sensory Language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the way the problem in the story, poem, or play is solved?

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which organizational structure describes a problem first and then its solution?

• Detail

• Problem-Solution

• Claim

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the perspective from which the events in a story, poem, or play are told?

• Speaker

• Point of View

• Mood

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which organizational structure describes people, places, events, or ideas?

• Problem-Solution

• Cause-and-Effect

• Descriptive

• Compare-and-Contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the central message or moral of a story, poem, or play?

• Conflict

• Theme

• Speaker

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the main problem in a story, poem, or play?

• Contrast

• Dialogue

• Conflict

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the part of the story, poem, or play before the climax?

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Speaker

• Stage Directions

• Playwright

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

When the author uses details and descriptions that appeal to the reader's senses, it is called: (PICK TWO)

• Sensory Language

• Speaker

• Imagery

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5