New STAAR Reading Review

Identify the type of figurative language being used.

When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What is personification?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison when one thing becomes another

• An extreme exaggeration

• When human qualities are given to something that is not human.

Identify the figurative language being used.

The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What is theme?

• The main idea

• The conflict

• The lesson learned

• What Ms. Gallegos says it is

What is the POV of the following Passage? Red looked across the prairie. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Texas Joe had hollered like that. Texas Joe turned to him. The ghost that Texas Joe had just seen was gone. Texas Joe swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Red. It was just here," said Texas Joe. Red scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Joe?" he asked. Red was angry with Texas Joe for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason.

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Identify the type of figurative language being used?

There’s a faucet in the basement / that had dripped one drop all year since he fixed it, we can’t find it / without wearing scuba gear.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as."

• A comparison when one thing becomes another.

• An extreme exaggeration.

• When human qualities are given to something that is not human.

Brooke is new to town and enjoys exploring her new home. She walked into the neighborhood coffee shop. "May I please have a hot chocolate?," she asked the lady behind the counter. After she paid, she found a seat near the window and opened up her book. A few minutes later, the lady sitting next to her dropped her cell phone onto the floor. Brooke leaned over and handed the phone back to the lady. Which of the following character traits best describes Brooke?

• competitive

• polite

• determined

• lonely

Turner almost wished that he hadn’t listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella. He would feel silly still carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning. Which probably happened?

• Turner realized that he had an unnatural fear of falling radio parts

• Turner had promised himself to do something silly that morning

• Turner had heard a weather forecast that had predicted rain

• Turner planned to trade his umbrella for a bus ride

Comparison of two unlike things that does not include like or as.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification