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STAAR Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are examples of sensory language?

a)

The scent of cool, frail flowers flowed past my nose as I wandered around the garden.

b)

I tasted the orange.

c)

There was a satisfying crunch as I bit through the smooth, red peel of the juicy apple.

d)

My heart became shattered like a piece of glass when I watched him walk away.

2.

How many parts of a summary should you include?

a)

TWO

b)

THREE

c)

FOUR

d)

FIVE

3.

What is main idea?

a)

The message of the story.

b)

What the story is about.

c)

How the story is told.

d)

The main point that the author wants you know/understand.

4.

What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?

a)

There is no difference.

b)

Summarizing tells you the whole story. Paraphrasing tells you a part of it.

c)

Paraphrasing tells the story in your own words, Summarizing uses words from the story.

d)

Summarizing uses your own words and paraphrasing uses words from the text.

5.

What are the parts of the plot diagram

a)

Resolution

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Rising Action

6.

Can the climax be in the beginning of a story?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

Which of the following are examples of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

8.

Which is a metaphor?

a)

The sun smiled upon me.

b)

He is as tall as a tree.

c)

Life is a puzzle.

d)

Her hair is like spun gold.

9.

"My refrigerator called to me" is an example of what?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

10.
the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.
a)
Waiting
b)
Conflict
c)
Suspense
d)
Anxiety
11.
What is tone?
a)
the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience
b)
word choice
c)
dictionary definition of a word
d)
an exaggeration
12.
What is simile?
a)
the dictionary definition of a word
b)
comparison between two different things using like or as
c)
use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
d)
a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood
13.
What is metaphor?
a)
a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood
b)
word choice
c)
comparison between two different things using like or as
d)
use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
14.
What is personification?
a)
the dictionary definition of a word
b)
comparison between two different things using like or as
c)
type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
d)
type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
15.
What is figurative language?
a)
language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature
b)
type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
c)
the dictionary definition of a word
d)
the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience
16.
Sensory language allows the reader to use their senses and paints a picture in the reader’s mind. This type of figurative language is called?
a)
imagery
b)
literary
c)
imagination 
d)
irony
17.
Why does an author write a story in first person? 
a)
To show the reader how they feel
b)
To make you wonder if it really happened
c)
It is easier than writing a story in third person
d)
to show how the narrator feels
18.
Which point of view reflects the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in every aspect of the story?
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person 
19.
Person telling the story.
a)
Narrator
b)
Authors
c)
Monologue
d)
Dialogue
20.
Conversation between two characters is called...
a)
A monologue
b)
A discussion
c)
A dialogue
d)
A quotation