STAAR Middle School ELA

The story of a person’s life written by that person is a(n):

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Memoir

• Speech

The story of a short piece of someone’s life written by that person is a(n):

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Memoir

• Speech

A good summary will cover what parts of a passage?

• Beginning, Middle, End, and small Details

• Beginning, Middle, End, and only Important Information

• Beginning, Middle, End, and Theme

• Beginning, Middle, End, and Protagonist

If a narrator uses the pronouns: “He,” “She,” “They,” “Them,” etc. and the narrator can describe the thoughts of MORE THAN ONE character, he/she is using which Point of View?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Objective

The actions that lead up to the Climax are the…

• Climax

• Rising Actions

• Falling Actions

• Exposition

The main problem of a story is…

• Climax

• Conflict

• Caricature

• Character

Context clues are words around a word that give you a clue to its meaning.

• True

• False

The way a story ends is the …

• Exposition

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Resolution or Denouement

If a narrator uses the pronouns: “He,” “She,” “They,” “Them,” etc. and the narrator can describe the thoughts of only ONE character, he/she is using which Point of View?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Objective

This is a commonly accepted untruth. Ex: If you eat too much chocolate, you will have acne.

• Commonplace Assertion

• Stereotype

• Generalization

• Ad Hominem Attack