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WorksheetsSTAAR Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 45mins
What is the setting of the story?
The people in the story.
Where and when the story takes place.
The problem of the story.
The genre of the story.
Which genre has stanzas and lines?
Realistic fiction
Informational non-fiction
Poetry
Biography
What is the "author's message"?
The story the author tells.
The lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
The general feeling of the passage.
The style or type of passage the author writes.
In poetry , _____________ are like paragraphs in fiction and non-fiction writing.
Lines
Pages
Stanzas
Personification
Which of the following is a simile?
He was a tiger leaping on his prey.
They were louder than a rock concert.
She was like a ninja, fighting the criminals.
My computer haves me!
Inferring means:
An extreme exageration.
Taking what you know and what you have read to come up with a conclusion.
Having a picture in your mind of what you are reading.
Coming up with a conclusion based only on your opinion.
A hyperbole:
Is a saying that is not to be taken literally.
Is comparing two unlike things.
Is an extreme exaggeration.
Is a sound word.
A caption is:
A sentence or words that explain a picture.
A subheading.
A diagram of an important part of an article.
A sentence that summarizes the text.
What does the idiom "It's raining cats and dogs" mean?
There are too many cats and dogs in the area.
It is raining heavily
It is raining animals.
It is not raining.
Pictures, diagrams, and graphs:
help the reader understand the problem in a story.
Help the reader understand more about non-fiction text.
Distract the reader from reading.
Entertain readers.
In a play, scenes:
introduce the characters in a play.
explain the problem in the story.
divide the play up into equal parts.
show a change in time or scenery.
The tone of a passage is:
the general feeling created by the writer.
the length of the selection.
the type of selection.
the lesson given in the selection.
The main idea of a selection is:
the impact the problem has on the characters in a selection.
the thoughts of the characters in the selection.
what the selection is mostly about.
the type of selection presented by the writer.
Sarah loved to swim. She was the best swimmer on her team. When they chose teams in gym class, she was always the first one choosen. On the weekends she played soccer, volleyball, and softball.
What character trait is Sarah displaying?
Maddie loved to tell jokes. making people laugh came easily to her, and it made her feel good. At school her friends were always listening to her jokes. Her family loved her wittiness and laughed along with her.
What character trait is Maddie displaying?
Nate wanted everything his older brother had. When his parents bought his brother new clothes, he wanted new clothes too. When his older brother went to the movies with his friends Nate was angry.
What can you infer about Nate?
The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.
ate
burned
slept
sunbathed
