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WorksheetsSTAAR Prep #1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The BME of the story. A retell or paraphrase of the story with only the most important details.
a)
Main Idea
b)
Summary
c)
Theme
d)
Paraphrase
2.
What the story or passage is MOSTLY about.
a)
Summary
b)
Paraphrase
c)
Main Idea
d)
Theme
3.
Literary pieces using sounds, rhythm, and varied word choices to convey ideas.
a)
Poetry
b)
Drama
c)
Realistic Fiction
d)
Mystery
4.
Gives factual and true information (like a textbook).
a)
Fantasy
b)
Mystery
c)
Science Fiction
d)
Informational
5.
A character's struggle with something outside of themselves.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conflict
c)
Context Clues
d)
Autobiography
6.
A character's struggle against a strong emotion.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conflict
c)
1st Person
d)
Context Clues
7.
The narrator is a character in the story and uses I and me to refer to himself.
a)
3rd Person
b)
2nd Person
c)
1st Person
d)
3rd Person Omniscient
8.
The evidence or clues around an unknown word that help you figure out the meaning.
a)
Prefix
b)
Suffix
c)
Root Word
d)
Context Clues
9.
The repetition of the same sound in a phrase or sentence.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Idiom
d)
Simile
10.
Compares two unlike things using like or as.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
11.
Compares two unlike things without using like or as. One thing is another.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Hyperbole
12.
An exaggeration that is usually humorous.
a)
Idiom
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
13.
Expressions that have "hidden" messages. Don't mean what they say. Common sayings.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Idiom
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
14.
Sounds that are turned into words.
a)
Personification
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Legend
d)
Theme
15.
Giving something human qualities.
a)
Personification
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
16.
A lesson or moral that a story teaches.
a)
Legend
b)
Myth
c)
Tall Tale
d)
Theme
17.
The view that the story is told from (1st, 2nd, or 3rd person).
a)
Theme
b)
Main Idea
c)
Point of View
d)
1st Person
18.
All knowing. This point of view moves from character to character and reveals their thoughts and feelings.
a)
3rd Person Omniscient
b)
1st Person
c)
2nd Person
d)
3rd Person
19.
Part in which the plot unfolds, complications arise, and suspense builds-a lot of the action BEFORE the climax.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Climax
20.
The reason an author wrote something. (Persuade, inform, entertain, and explain)
a)
Author's Purpose
b)
Point of View
c)
Theme
d)
Main Idea
21.
Part in which the plot winds down, suspense lessens, and things start to fall into place-action after climax.
a)
Climax
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Resolution
22.
The high point or turning point of the story.
a)
Rising Action
b)
Resolution
c)
Climax
d)
Falling Action
23.
Explains the characters and setting; also gives any background info of a story.
a)
Exposition
b)
Falling Action
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
24.
The rise and fall of what happens in a story. Also, the action and events that make a story.
a)
Plot
b)
Climax
c)
Exposition
d)
Rising Action
25.
A problem or dilemma.
a)
Climax
b)
Falling Action
c)
Resolution
d)
Conflict
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