STAAR ELA Terms

Which sentence best illustrates the narrator's conflict?

The phrase best illustrates means--

• To show

• To draw something

• To know

• To explain

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

The last two paragraphs of the excerpt convey that the narrator is--

What does the word convey mean?

• Predict

• Explain

• Show

• Identify

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

Which event from the excerpt suggests that Bryd will resolve her conflict?

What does the word excerpt mean?

• The beginning of the story

• The end of the story

• The middle of the story

• The passage/selection

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

Which event from the excerpt suggests that Bryd will resolve her conflict?

What does the word resolve mean?

• To find a solution to the problem

• To understand

• To decide

• To explain

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.6C

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

TEKS.ELA.8.5G

The author builds tension at the beginning of the excerpt by--

What does the word tension mean?

• A pulling force

• Suspense

• Stretch

• Relaxation

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TEKS.ELA.8.2B

Which event initiates the rising action of the excerpt?

What does the word initiates mean?

• To end

• To welcome someone

• To start

• To leave

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.2A

The father's work schedule contributes to the development of the plot because it--

What does the phrase contributes to the development of the plot mean?

• To add to the plot

• To take away from the plot

• To start the plot

• To end the plot

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.5G

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

Which event triggers the main problem in the excerpt?

The word triggers in the question means--

• Ends

• Solves

• Causes

• Starts

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

What does Byrd's explanation in paragraph 13 reveal to the reader?

What does the word reveal mean in the question?

• To show

• To explain

• To describe

• To support

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

TEKS.ELA.8.5G

TEKS.ELA.8.6C

The reader can conclude that when Ella arrives at Lola's house, Ella is--

The phrase the reader can conclude means--

• What the reader guesses

• What the reader knows

• What the reader sees

• What the reader says

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

TEKS.ELA.8.6G