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Reading STAAR review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of spike in this sentence? I saw a spike sticking out of the ground! (Use dictionary)

a)

A volleyball move

b)

a sharp-pointed piece of metal set with the point outward, as on a weapon.

c)

I don't know?

d)

A nail

2.

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence? Her lovely voice was music to his ears.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

3.

What is a summary?

a)

(of a judicial process) conducted without the customary legal formalities.

b)

a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

c)

The short version of a writing

d)

direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast:

4.

How is mood created?

a)

Emotions and actions

b)

Making a piece of writing

c)

Setting and reading

d)

Tone and Atmosphere

5.

What does authors purpose mean?

a)

Written For fun

b)

To inform us of something

c)

Why the text is being written

d)

To persuade someone

6.

What is theme?

a)

The main idea

b)

The underlying idea of a story

c)

A message

d)

The meaning of the authors writing

7.

What is a stanza?

a)

A group of lines in a poem

b)

A paragraph

c)

The publisher

d)

A poem

8.

What is the difference between an informational text and a argumentative text?

a)

Real life vs Ficiton

b)

Opinion vs Facts

c)

Anger vs calm

d)

Essay vs writing

9.

Which is a type of Rhyme in poetry?

a)

ABAB

b)

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP

c)

Figurative language

d)

A pattern

10.

Which one is a genre

a)

Superhero's

b)

Summary

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Hamburger

11.

Which is an OPINION?

a)

Mario bros is one of the most popular games

b)

Quizizz is very popular among students

c)

Dogs are one of the most popular pets

d)

Monkeys are the best animals

12.

Which is a fact?

a)

Pizza is better than any other food

b)

Mario is a very popular videogame

c)

Blooket is bad

d)

Hamburger is the worst type of food.

13.

What is a Counter-Argument?

a)

Looking at the other side of the argument

b)

It doesn't exist?

c)

A rebuttal

d)

The other side of an informational text.

14.

What is Personafication?

a)

A human trait

b)

A person

c)

Adding human characteristics to some non-human

d)

Adding something to a non-human object

15.

What is Tone?

a)

How you feel about your writing

b)

Why the author writes the paragraph?

c)

WRONG!!!! There is only Mood

d)

The characters feelings

16.

Which is a mood?

a)

Hunger

b)

Arrogant

c)

FORTNITE!!!

d)

Paying a debt

17.

Which are the elements of a setting?

a)

Time only

b)

The place only

c)

Time, Place, Environment

d)

Tone, Place, Enviroment

18.

When the story exposes the characters and setting.

a)

Falling action

b)

Climax

c)

Rising action

d)

Exposition

19.

What is foreshadowing?

a)

Hints at events that will occur later in the plot

b)

A scene that occurs before the start of the story

c)

The future

d)

Adding tension

20.

What are context clues?

a)

Using the dictionary

b)

hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words

c)

Words that help the reader answer the questions

d)

The meaning of the passage