STAAR Reading Review

The way a writer organizes ideas in the text is called-

• informational text

• central idea (main idea)

• text structure

• text features

Compares with like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Theme

• Stanza

theme

• cope

• the point from which the story is told

• how the characters in a story feel and act

• central idea of a work of literature

Same starting sound

• Rhyme scheme

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Visualize

The overall message of the story

• Theme

• Reveal

• Indicate

• Scene

The word "emphasize" means to

• Give special importance to

• Downplay as less important

• conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

• think about carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.

The ___________ is what the story is mainly about.

• main idea

• theme

• lesson

• moral

When we create this we provide the beginning, middle, and end?

• Tell the main idea.

• Summarize

• Write a topic sentence.

• Guess.

A more generally stated main idea that provides a lesson to a story.

• Exposition

• Conclusion

• Main Idea

• Theme

Identify the adverb in the following sentence: Michael ran to the store as fast as he could.

• Michael

• fast

• ran

• could