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STAAR TEKS Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"Mr. C, you haven't taken us to the library in 400 years!"
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Hyber-pole
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile 
2.
Which is NOT a type of figurative language?
a)
Simile
b)
ONAWHITEBUS
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
3.
The wind whispered my name.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
4.
Little Pig number one and Little Pig number two both have their houses blown down.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Falling Action
5.
It was April, 1491. Workers toiled at a busy shipyard on the Portuguese coast.
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Falling Action
6.
Why would the author chose a first person narrator?
a)
For a better view of events.
b)
Limited narrator
c)
Omniscient narrator
d)
So the reader can tell what the character thinks and feels.
7.
Over / Under / Through / Above
a)
Prepositions!
b)
Verbs!
c)
Adverbs!
d)
Adjectives!
8.
Box / Cheese / Love / Grandparents
a)
verbs
b)
pronouns
c)
nouns
d)
adverbs
9.
Red / Perfect / Clean / Bright
a)
Adverbs
b)
Verbs
c)
Nouns
d)
Adjectives
10.
James Bonham
a)
A great teacher
b)
Invented modern math
c)
Died at the Alamo
d)
Discovered Texas
11.
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
This is an example of:
a)
Universal theme
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Don't judge a book by its cover.
d)
Compound sentence
12.
The thesis is the controlling idea for the...
a)
Expository
b)
Whole paper
c)
Author
d)
Main idea
13.
When you compare and contrast you...
a)
Look at the similarities
b)
Observe the differences
c)
Note the similarities and differences
d)
Attempt to prove
14.
You should buy this amazing car! It comes with a great warranty, and it gets fabulous gas mileage!
a)
Persuasive - loaded language
b)
persuasive - testimonial
c)
informative - facts
d)
persuasive - bandwagon
15.
The Kiwi is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. It is about the size of a chicken. Author's purpose?
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
d)
Suggest
16.
In the word biggest, what is the suffix?
a)
-est
b)
big-
c)
none
d)
"gg"
17.
The root word psych means what?
a)
fake
b)
outside
c)
not
d)
mind / spirit
18.
The small text found near a picture, chart, or graph is a...
a)
caption
b)
infographic
c)
sub heading
d)
blip
19.
"Grilly bur bi'd off."
Is an example of...
a)
dialogue
b)
dialect
c)
dilate
d)
defibrillator
20.
The Godess of Love, on a seashell.
a)
Athena
b)
Zeus
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Hestia
21.
Athena was born...
a)
out of Zeus' head
b)
on Christmas Day
c)
2,000 years after her oldest brother
d)
a mortal
22.
A "poem's paragraph" is called...
a)
a paragraph
b)
a poem-agraph
c)
a stanza
d)
rhyme scheme
23.
Infer means...
a)
"figure out"
b)
1st person
c)
educated guess
d)
convey
24.
Convey means...
a)
to communicate or tell
b)
to finish or complete
c)
to emphasize
d)
to highlight
25.
Reveal means...
a)
show, expose
b)
bring, have
c)
hide, conceal
d)
tell, express
26.
Your "fidget spinner"...
a)
so fun!
b)
helps you concentrate
c)
everyone is doing it
d)
LEAVE IT AT HOME!