STAAR Reading Review

Infer means to look for _____________ in the story and use your knowledge. 

• clues

• characters

• setting

• theme

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What is happening?

• Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.

• Tim is taking a trip to visit peolpe he doesn't know.

• Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.

• Tim is moving to California with his family.

Choose the best conjunction to combine the sentence pair: Joe loves watching television. He hates soap operas.

• and

• but

• or

Choose the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4.
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air. 

• Early each morning the cool air from the ocean. Comes in and hits the warm coastal air.

• Early each morning. The cool air, from the ocean, comes in, and hits, the warm coastal air. 

• Early each morning, cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.

• Early each morning cool air from the ocean comes in, and hits the warm coastal air.

Each week our parents would walk with us from school to the park to fly kites together. There were only three of us in the Kite Society.
Which transition word or phrase could best be added to the beginning of sentence 8?

• After

• At first

• Because

• Finally

Which is the best way to combine these two sentences?

Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest. We even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest. We Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, but we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, and we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, yet we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, or we even keep track of who wins.

Don’t judge a book by its cover is an example of _______________.

• Mood

• Theme

• Setting

• Conflict

Identify the pronouns that are used in 1st Point-of-View.

• I, me, we, my, our, us

• he, she, it, they

• you, yours

What is A?

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• introduction of characters and setting

Which author's purpose is suggested by the text?

• to convince readers that coal mining is bad for their community

• to explain how coal mining contributes to global warming