STAAR TEST PREP

STAAR QUESTION: How does the setting advance the plot?
What is this question asking you to do?

• To choose the answer choice that explains how the conflict is causing the plot of the story to move forward. 
• To choose the answer that shows how the character's actions are causing the plot of the story to move forward.
• To choose the answer choice that shows how the mood is causing the plot of the story to move forward. 
• To choose the answer choice that explains how the setting of the story is causing the plot to move forward.

The best summary of a story must include:

• the beginning and the end
• the theme of the story
• the beginning, middle and end of the story
• whichever is the longest summary is the best one

STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on - 
What skill are you being asked to use for this question?

• summary
• main idea
• context clues
• conflict

What is spoken conversation between 2 or more characters

• stage directions
• dialogue
• scene
• argument

If an author is trying to CONVEY a message to the reader, they are trying to 

• show, or hint at an underlying meaning.
• hint at something that hasn't happened yet.
• confuse us.
• use a simile to compare two things.

What is the correct definition of spring in this context?

The deer glanced cautiously around before approaching the spring.

• a coil

• a season

• a body of water

• to jump

What does an author use to best support a claim in a persuasive text?

• a quote from a friend

• evidence

• opinions

• rephrasing their claim in different ways

Michael was the quarterback of the football team and he was best friends with his teammate, Bucky Barnes. Everything was fine until Michael was seriously injured and removed from the team. Bucky would not visit him in the hospital, and he began hanging out with the new quarterback.

Infer why Bucky refuses to talk to Michael anymore.

• Bucky feels guilty about Michael's injury

• Bucky was only friends with Michael because he was on the football team

• Bucky thinks Michael is a quitter.

• Bucky is unsure how to comfort Michael over his injury.

What is the position in which the story is told from?

• 1st person
• point of view
• 3rd person
• 2nd person

STAAR Question: What lesson does the narrator learn while spending time with her grandmother? 
What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?

• main idea
• theme
• conflict
• character motivation