STAAR Reading

When taking the STAAR test you should- 

• Breathe, relax, and do your best! 

• Show all your strategies! 

• Do what your teachers have shown you! 

• ALL of the above lead to success! 

Which line helps the reader imagine Texas on a hot day- 

• The freezing temperatures froze the pond

• The sizzling sidewalk burned my feet 

• The breeze brushed my skin 

• The cooling rain felt so wonderful on my skin 

a few sentences that state the main points or events from the entire passage.  Something from beginning, middle, and end.  No minor details are given in a summary

• paraphrase 

• summary 

• infer 

• give credit 

narrator tells the story, not a character. (uses he, she, and they)

• First-person

• Third-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient 

refers to a story that is made up

• Fiction 

• Informational 

• Drama

• Poem 

when the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of the main character

• First-person

• Third-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient 

when the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of many characters

• First-person

• Third-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient 

form of writing, often in rhyme, that tells a story or describes something

• Poetry

• Drama

• Myth

• Fiction 

The tree invited us to come play is an example of _____________

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Huperbole

• Personification

The ball streaked across the field like a meteor. This is an example of a _____________

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification