Reading STAAR Practice

STAAR Question: How does the setting advance the plot?

What is this question asking you to do?

• To choose the answer choice that explains how the setting of the story is causing the plot to move forward.

• To choose the answer that shows how the character's actions are causing the plot of the story to move forward.

• To choose the answer choice that shows how the mood is causing the plot of the story to move forward.

• To choose the answer choice that explains how the conflict is causing the plot of the story to move forward.

STAAR Question: How does the setting influence the plot of a story?

How is influence being used in this sentence?

• beginning

• effect

• determine

• apply

STAAR Question: What is the significance of the crowd returning at lunchtime to watch Maniac?

How is the word "significance" being used in this sentence?

• problem

• synonynm

• order

• importance

STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on ----

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

• main idea

• summary

• conflict

• context clues

STAAR Question: The author organizes this selection by ----

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

• main idea

• text structure

• conflict

• supporting details

STAAR Question: The abrupt dialogue in the poem helps convey the idea that the characters are ----

How is the word abrupt being used in this sentence?

• short or choppy dialogue

• long or expanded dialogue

STAAR Question: The playwright uses the sounds of rain and thunder throughout selection mainly to ----

What is a playwright?

• author of a poem

• author of nonfiction text

• author of dramas

STAAR Question: The author begins and ends the selection with this idea in order to emphasize that ----

Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize?

• determine

• conclude

• point out

STAAR Question: What lesson does the narrator learn while spending time with her grandmother?

What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?

• main idea

• theme

• conflict

• character motivation

STAAR Question: Which sentence from the blog entry is an example of stereotyping?

What is stereotyping?

• being racist against someone

• denying someone the same rights

• making a general statement about a group of people that is usually untrue

• a type of font being used