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STAAR VOCABULARY

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reader

a)

THE TITLE

b)

YOU

c)

YOUR BROTHER

d)

THE AUTHOR

2.

Describe

a)

To tell all about something.

b)

To infer

c)

To conclude

d)

To suggest

3.

Conclude

a)

Title

b)

Infer

c)

Describe

d)

Synonym

4.

Suggest

a)

Poetry

b)

Nonfiction

c)

Conclude

d)

Fiction

5.

The reader can tell that -

a)

Cause and effect

b)

Inference question

c)

Poetry

d)

Main idea question

6.

Infer

a)

The effect

b)

The cause

c)

To tell all about something.

d)

To guess something based on the evidence you see.

7.

Setting

a)

The title of a story

b)

The problem

c)

The characters

d)

The place and time a story takes place.

8.

Characters-

a)

The author

b)

Title

c)

The persons or animals of a story.

d)

The poem

9.

The poet-

a)

The person who writes a poem

b)

The person who writes a story.

c)

The person who writes an informational text.

d)

The person who writes anything

10.

Narrator-

a)

Someone who tells a story.

b)

Someone who writes.

c)

The title

d)

The conversation

11.

Fiction

a)

Real

b)

Facts

c)

Made up

d)

Poem

12.

Which sentence best shows...

a)

Author

b)

Cause and effect

c)

Which evidence best shows...

d)

Title

13.

The reader

a)

Me!

b)

Author

c)

Title

d)

Text

14.

Inform

a)

Graph

b)

To give opinions.

c)

To give facts.

d)

To explain something

15.

Entertain

a)

Sequential

b)

To enjoy

c)

To inform

d)

To Explain

16.

Stanza

a)

paragraph

b)

group of lines

c)

verse

d)

poet

17.

Persuade

a)

convince

b)

inform

c)

to give facts

d)

to teach

18.

Effect

a)

Cause

b)

The result of something that happened before.

c)

The title

d)

feelings

19.

Biography

a)

Text about a made-up character

b)

Text with facts about a REAL person's life

c)

Text with poetic devices.

d)

Title

20.
a)

TITLE

b)

PHOTO

c)

CAPTION

d)

PERSON

21.

a)

AUTHOR'S PURPOSE QUESTION!

b)

INFERENCE QUESTION!

c)

TITLE!

d)

MAIN IDEA QUESTION!

22.

a)

WHICH EVIDENCE!

b)

DESCRIBE!

c)

MAIN IDEA!

d)

CAUSE AND EFFECT!

23.

What is the meaning of this word with the suffix "less"?

a)

EFFORT

b)

WITHOUT EFFORT

c)

FULL OF EFFORT

d)

SOMEONE WHO EFFORT

24.
a)

STANZAS

b)

LINES

c)

TITLE

d)

POET

25.

a)

LOOK AT THE TITLE!!!

b)

LOOK AT THE PHOTOS CAREFULLY!

c)

LOOK AT THE TEXT ONLY

d)

JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!

26.

What should you do?

a)

SKIP IT!

b)

LOOK AT THE GRAPH

c)

GO TO THE TEXT AND FIND THE ANSWER!

d)

LOOK AT THE PHOTOS!

27.
a)

FICTION!

b)

REREAD PARAGRAPH 11, AND THINK WHY THE AUTHOR WROTE IT!

c)

CAUSE AND EFFECT!

d)

GUESS OR TRY TO REMEMBER!

28.

a)

FABLE

b)

FAIRY TALE

c)

TALL TALE

d)

NONFICTION

29.

CONFLICT

a)

PROBLEM

b)

SOLUTION

c)

CLIMAX

d)

CHARACTERS

30.

PROBLEM OF A STORY

a)

THE CLIMAX OF A STORY

b)

CONFLICT OF A STORY

c)

FICTION

d)

NONFICTION

31.

PREFIX: Un

a)

NO, NOT, OR WITHOUT

b)

FULL

c)

AGAIN

d)

BEFORE

32.

PREFIX: IM


EX: IMPOSSIBLE

a)

AGAIN

b)

BEFORE

c)

NOT OR WITHOUT

d)

FULL OF

33.

PREFIX: PRE


PREVIEW

a)

NOT

b)

BEFORE

c)

AGAIN

d)

NOT OR WITHOUT

34.

PREFIX: RE


REREAD

a)

AGAIN

b)

BEFORE

c)

NOT OR WITHOUT

d)

TWO

35.

SYNONYM FOR BAD

a)

TALL

b)

HORRIBLE

c)

HAPPY

d)

GOOD

36.

SYNONYM OF SMART

a)

BAD

b)

FAST

c)

INTELLIGENT

d)

QUICK

37.

ANTONYM OF COLD

a)

BAD

b)

HOT

c)

COOL

d)

BRAVE

38.

ANTONYMS

a)

WORDS WITH THE SAME MEANING

b)

WORDS WITH OPPOSITE MEANINGS

39.

SYNONYMS

a)

WORDS WITH OPPOSITE MEANINGS

b)

WORDS WITH SIMILAR MEANINGS

40.

GENRE

a)

TYPE OF TEXT.

b)

TYPE OF MAGAZINE

c)

TYPE OF TITLE

d)

TYPE OF AUTHOR

41.

TEXT

a)

ANYTHING YOU CAN SEE

b)

ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN READ

c)

ANYTHING THAT HAS BEAUTIFUL PICTURES.

42.

DISTRACTOR

a)

AN ANSWER THAT LOOKS RIGHT, BUT IT IS NOT THE BEST.

b)

THE CORRECT ANSWER

c)

ANSWERS THAT ARE DEFINITELY WRONG.

43.

What does the prefix bi mean?


bicycle

a)

again

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

44.

The suffix FUL means -


greatful

a)

FULL OF

b)

WITHOUT

c)

AGAIN

d)

BEFORE

45.

The speaker of a poem is -

a)

Whoever wrote the poem

b)

Whoever is TALKING in the poem

c)

Whoever the character is

46.

In poetry, the poet uses sensory language. What language pertains to the sense of SMELL?

a)

It looked yellow!

b)

It felt frozen in my tongue.

c)

The burnt scent was like charcoal.

d)

It sounded like a dog

47.

Which language pertains to sense of touch?

a)

It tasted as bitter as lime juice.

b)

It smelled like barbeque

c)

It felt as rough as a rock.

d)

It looked as bright as the sun.

48.

Which language pertains to the sense of sight?

a)

It tasted like lime.

b)

It looked as bright as the sun.

c)

It felt as rough as a rock.

49.

colorless means-

a)

to color again

b)

color before

c)

full of color

d)

without color

50.

graceful means-

a)

wtihout grace

b)

full of grace

c)

little grace

d)

grace

51.

pre

a)

again

b)

before

c)

twice

d)

three

52.

re

a)

again

b)

before

c)

twice

d)

not

53.

Write a word with the prefix RE

4 lines
54.

Write a word with the suffix LESS

4 lines
55.

Which detailed is supported by the photograph?

a)

Many people are needed to move a giant paper airplane.

b)

Paper airplanes can fly at high speeds.

c)

Paper airplanes can fly at high altitudes.

d)

Paper airplanes cost a lot of money.

56.

The reader can suggest that Carter -

a)

likes the idea of building a sports car with the girls.

b)

feels happy with the girls building a sports car.

c)

wants to be the first one to finish the sports car.

d)

does not want the girls to build a sports car.

57.

SENSE OF TOUCH!

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

58.

What is this text feature called?

a)

PHOTOGRAPH

b)

CAPTION

c)

TEXT BOX OR BOXED INFORMATION

d)

TITLE

59.

How can the reader tell that this is a narrative poem?

a)

The poem contains words that appeal to the senses.

b)

The speaker of the poem shares his or her feelings.

c)

The poem has lines that make the reader laugh.

d)

The events described in the poem tell a story.

60.

The pillow was fuzzy and smooth.

a)

sight

b)

smell

c)

touch

d)

taste

61.

It was a bright sun-shining day.

a)

taste

b)

smell

c)

sight

d)

touch

62.

It was a very squeaky bark.

a)

sound

b)

sight

c)

taste

d)

touch

63.

Another word for opinion or argument.

a)

OPININON WRITING

b)

SUPPORT

c)

CLAIM

d)

EVIDENCE

64.

As fast as a cheetah

a)

contraction

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

65.

Her mind is sharp like a knife.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

66.

The homework is a mountain to climb.

a)

The homework is very hard.

b)

The homework is missing a question.

c)

The homework is easy.

d)

The homework is incomplete.

67.

She is a beautiful rose.

a)

Onomatopoeia. It has a word that represents a sound.

b)

Simile. It means she is pretty.

c)

Personification. It means she is pretty.

d)

Metaphor. It means she is pretty.

68.

In paragraph 2, roamed means-

a)

learned

b)

worked

c)

walk around

d)

hid

69.

The photograph included in the selection shows readers that Millan —

a)

keeps a lot of dogs as his own pets

b)

sometimes trains more dogs than he can handle

c)

has fun when he takes care of dogs

d)

thinks it is best to walk dogs in the street

70.

Which number on the diagram at the end of the article shows the place where people can get water to drink?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

71.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

72.

The photograph next to paragraph 3 shows that —

a)

PlayPumps pump a lot of water

b)

children enjoy playing on a PlayPump

c)

PlayPumps work only during the day

d)

it is difficult to move a PlayPump

73.

Which word is a synonym for ordinary in paragraph 1?

a)

normal

b)

fake

c)

important

d)

useful

74.

5 Which words from paragraph 4 help the reader understand what retrieved means in paragraph 5?

a)

worried, pointing

b)

investigate, thought

c)

found, returned

d)

surprised, appear

75.

Which sentence best explains what is happening in the photograph?

a)

Picking up an animal was unusual behavior for Rex, since he had not been trained to do so.

b)

“The joey was snuggling up to him, jumping up to him, and Rex was sniffing and licking him—it was quite cute,” Allan told a newspaper reporter.

c)

A year and a half later, he was released back into the wild in an area where he could be monitored by workers at the sanctuary.

d)

“His progress and release went well,” Gordon commented.