WorksheetsSTAAR PREP
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a valid strategy in understanding what you have read?
a)
preview the text before reading
b)
re-read the text
2.
Inferencing is when the reader makes connections based on
a)
what he or she thinks to be true
b)
what he or she thinks to be false
3.
Context clues help readers to...
a)
not understand what they are reading.
b)
understand the meaning of an unknown word.
c)
not use strategies.
d)
be confused.
4.
To make an inference you take what you know, and what the author tells you to….
a)
come up with something the author doesn't tell you.
b)
know the wrong answer.
c)
not think about the story at all.
d)
stop reading.
5.
Why is it important to close and critically read?
a)
To make sure I am getting as much out of the text as possible
b)
It's not
c)
To compare information
d)
To make sure the paper is of the highest quality
6.
Why is it important to "cite" textual evidence?
a)
To use evidence from the text to prove you read it.
b)
To use evidence from the text to support your answer.
c)
To prove your answer is correct
d)
All of the above
7.
Realize you have something in common with the story.
a)
metacognitive
b)
Make connections
c)
visualize
d)
ask a question
8.
To think about what will happen next.
a)
summarize
b)
visualize
c)
predict
d)
question
9.
I need to do this when I get confused with my reading.
a)
ask a question
b)
predict
c)
re-read
d)
make connections
10.
Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.
My brother was boiling mad.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
11.
When you use evidence to make a guess, you are using the reading strategy called ____.
a)
Connect
b)
Visualize
c)
Clarify
d)
Infer/Predict
12.
Highlighting and annotating are techniques that can
a)
add to the reader's understanding
b)
make it difficult to understand main ideas
c)
express your artistic ability
d)
have no benefit at all
13.
Annotation is a note made while reading text.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Which best describes a summary?
a)
a really long detailed piece of writing
b)
the entire text told in your own words
c)
a dumb thing that teachers make you write
d)
the main ideas and important details of a text
15.
Author's Purpose: A list of the 25 richest athletes in the world.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
16.
As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket, powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach.
What does remorse mean in this sentence?
What does remorse mean in this sentence?
a)
fear
b)
anxiety
c)
regret
d)
disappointment
17.
When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.
What does melodramatic mean in this sentence?
What does melodramatic mean in this sentence?
a)
calm, not dramatic
b)
exaggerated, over-emotional
c)
theatrical
d)
weak
18.
Read the following sentence and choose the type of figurative language it contains:
The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
19.
Which of the following statements is an example of imagery?
a)
The flowers begged for water.
b)
Usain Bolt runs like the wind.
c)
This is the greatest day ever!
d)
One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.
20.
Read the following sentence and choose the type of figurative language it contains:
Tim and Tom were like two peas in a pod.
Tim and Tom were like two peas in a pod.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
21.
Read the following sentence and choose the type of figurative language it contains.
I ate a mountain of ice cream.
I ate a mountain of ice cream.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
22.
Where a story takes place is the
a)
Plot
b)
Setting
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Rising Action
23.
The theme of a story is the
a)
figurative language in a text.
b)
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
c)
A category in which literature is classified.
d)
Writing that reads like fiction.
24.
If a reader draws a personal connection from a passage, it is considered a
a)
text to text connection
b)
text to world connection
c)
text to self connection
d)
text to people connection
25.
Hints about the meaning of a word in surrounding sentences are
a)
context clues
b)
active reading
c)
inferences
d)
predictions
26.
A connection between the text and something that is occurring or has occurred in the world is a
a)
text to text connection
b)
text to world connection
c)
text to self connection
d)
text to student connection
27.
Stopping when you are confused to reread or look up a word you don't know.
a)
Connect
b)
Clarify
c)
Evaluate
d)
Predict
28.
Plot is
a)
Events that make up a story
b)
The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
c)
setting and characters
d)
the solution to the problem
29.
Climax is...
a)
Events that make up a story
b)
The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
c)
setting and characters
d)
the solution to the problem
30.
The problem in a story is the...
a)
theme
b)
resolution
c)
climax
d)
conflict
31.
What is the definition of an "internal" conflict?
a)
A hero in a story that saves many lives.
b)
A problem that a character has with other characters.
c)
A struggle between a character and a family member.
d)
A struggle that a character faces within him/her self.
32.
Elsa has to be hidden away from the outside world because of her secret magical powers.
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. nature
c)
character vs. society
d)
character vs. self
33.
a)
character vs. character
b)
character vs. society
c)
character vs. nature
d)
character vs. self
34.
STAGE DIRECTIONS NEED TO BE READ ALOUD SO THE READER
a)
CAN UNDERSTAND THE PLAY'S THEME
b)
CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHARACTERS ARE DOING
c)
BOTH ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
35.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
36.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
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