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WorksheetsStaar Prep Modified
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
2.
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.
3.
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
4.
Where a story takes place is the
a)
Plot
b)
Setting
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Rising Action
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.
I need to do this when I get confused with my reading.
a)
ask a question
b)
predict
c)
re-read
d)
make connections
7.
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
8.
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.
9.
Hints about the meaning of a word in surrounding sentences are
a)
context clues
b)
active reading
c)
inferences
d)
predictions
10.
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
11.
The problem in a story is the...
a)
theme
b)
resolution
c)
climax
d)
conflict
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