STAAR Practice

Kara chose a difficult piece to play for the piano recital.

She practiced everyday after school even when her friends called to see if she could hang out. Despite all that practice, she was still having trouble playing the piece. Kara thought about switching to an easier piece, but instead she decided to double her practice time.

The night of her recital she was the last one to play. When Kara began playing , her fingers danced across the keyboard.

What is the most likely theme of the story?

• Kara practiced a lot and played well.

• It takes a lot of practice to play the piano.

• Persistence pays off.

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theme

Ben ate three pieces of cake and two scoops for ice cream. An hour later, his stomach felt queasy and he decided to lie down for awhile.

In the first paragraph, what does the word queasy mean?

• better

• sick

• well

• empty

Darla preferred her black boots because they matched more of her outfits.

In the paragraph above, the word preferred means-

• would rather have

• washed

• does not want

• loved

Kara chose a difficult piece to play for the piano recital.

She practiced everyday after school even when her friends called to see if she could hang out. Despite all that practice, she was still having trouble playing the piece. Kara thought about switching to an easier piece, but instead she decided to double her practice time.

The night of her recital she was the last one to play. When Kara began playing , her fingers danced across the keyboard.

What is the most likely theme of the story?

• Kara practiced a lot and played well.

• It takes a lot of practice to play the piano.

• Persistence pays off.

Tags

theme

What is the correct way to write the sentence?

• Until you eat your dinner, you can't have dessert.

• Until you eat your dinner. You can't have dessert.

• Until, you eat your dinner you can't have dessert.

• No change needed.

What is the correct way to write the sentences below?

(1) Daniel didn't want to fail. (2) He turned in all his work on time.

• Daniel didn't want to fail, so he turned in all his work on time.

• Daniel didn't want to fail, he turned in all his work on time.

• Daniel didn't. Want to fail so he turned in all his work on time.

• No change needed

First person point of view means...

• told from the viewpoint of one outside of the story.

• a conversation between characters set off by quotations.

• told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "We".

• contrast to tell how things are different or not alike.

Free verse means...

• a division or type of literature, the specific type of text.

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.

• who the piece of text was originally written for.

• poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

Genre means...

• a story written to be performed by actors.

• the problem in the story.

• a division or type of literature, the specific type of text.

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

Which genre has stanzas?

• Poetry

• Biography

• Paired Passage

• Fiction