STAAR Reading Terms

If the question includes the word suggests, I know that this is a or an _____________ question.

• right there

• vocabulary

• inference

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

STAAR Question: How does the setting influence the plot of a story?

How is influence being used in this sentence?

• beginning

• effect

• determine

• apply

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which figurative language uses words that imitate natural sounds?

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Theme

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Author's Purpose- Why the author is writing the text...Which answer choice is correct?

• Persuade, inform, explain, entertain

• Exaggeration, contradiction, parallelism, and comparison

• parallelism, exaggeration, inform, and persuade

• explain, entertain, comparison, contradiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Language or written words that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, tastes, and touch) to create an image or description for the reader?

• Author's Purpose

• Figurative Language

• Alliteration

• Sensory Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which text feature is a list of key terms in ABC order. Each of the key (important) words are defined (definition given).

• Table of Contents

• Caption

• Index

• Glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Using clues from the text to come up with an answer using only the information from the story?

• Inference; Infer; Drawing Conclusions

• Foreshadow

• Flashback

• Genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a poem.

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme Scheme

• Alliteration

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

The pattern of rhyme between lines in a poem?

• Internal Rhyme

• Free Verse

• Imagery

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

How the author feels about his/her topic, and how he wants YOU to feel as a reader?

• Emphasis

• Author's Viewpoint

• Inference

• Author's Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6