STAAR Reading Practice

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

• Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is

• Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way

• Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short

• They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area

Letters added to the beginning of a root word changing its meaning are identified as a____________________.

• compare and contrast
• inference
• prefix
• theme

Observing two or more similarities and differences between objects situations, or characters is called __________________________.

• compare and contrast
• inference
• theme
• figurative language

Examples, ideas, or direct quotations from the text that support your answer is _________________________.

• conjunction
• figurative language
• theme
• evidence

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 conflict is causing the plot of the story 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 setting of the story is causing the plot 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
• synonym
• order
• importance

refers to a story that is made up

• Fiction 
• Informational 
• Drama
• Poem 

tells a true story

• Drama
• Fiction 
• Nonfiction 
• Poetry 

to restate what happens, using your own words

• give credit 
• summary 
• parphrase 
• infer