ELA STAAR Terminology

What does matches mean on a STAAR test question?

• starting a fire
• the same or similar
• one or the other
• part of a larger text or story

If the question includes the word suggests, I know that this is a or an _____________ question.

• right there
• vocabulary
• inference
• theme

What is an excerpt?

• a book or story
• a quotation
• an inference
• a piece of a larger writing

What does primarily mean?

• mostly or most importantly
• first or at the beginning
• not very important
• inference or conclusion

A questions that asks for supporting details or something that supports an idea is asking for...

• an inference
• evidence
• a selection
• a definition

Most likely means...

• not really
• not very true
• at the beginning
• probably

If something is revealed it is...

• hidden
• closed
• done again
• shown or made known

Non-fiction is...

• true and informational
• not real

Expresses means to

• squeeze
• go very fast
• communicate
• listen

Which of the following is NOT another word or synonym for theme?

• main idea
• moral 
• lesson
• message