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WorksheetsSTAAR Reading Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. context clues
A. clues in text that help the reader determine the meaning of a word
B. speaker or person telling the story
C. when and where the story takes place
D. the problem of the story
2. stage directions
A. words that represents sounds
B. when the story goes back in time
C. a story written to be performed by actors; a play
D. instructions for actors
3. fiction
A. clues the indicate something will happen later on in the story or future
B. literary work that is not real. It is usually made up
C. the reason a story is written– to persuade, inform, entertain or explain
D. the problem of the story
4. narrator
A. a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
B. the reason a story is written– to persuade, inform, entertain or explain
C. speaker or person who is telling the story
D. the central idea or message of a story
5. climax
A. the turning point of the story
B. story told from the view point of one character using “I’ and “We”
C. an exaggeration
D. collecting clues to make an inference
6. main idea
A. giving human qualities to non-human things
B. a conversation between 2 people
C. what a piece of writing is mainly about
D. text that informs, gives instructions and is nonfiction
7. dialogue
A. a conversation between 2 people
B. story told from the view point of one character using “I’ and “We”
C. instructions for actors
D. giving human qualities to non-human things
8. metaphor
A. a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
B. giving human qualities to non-human things
C. an exaggeration
D. words that represents sounds
9. plot
A. the central idea or message of a story
B. the turning point of the story
C. the sequence of events in a story
D. the problem of the story
10. setting
A. when and where the story takes place
B. story told from the view point of one character using “I’ and “We”
C. when the story goes back in time
D. the solution to a problem or final outcome of a story
11. . text features
A. the “paragraph” in a poem
B. Writing that is factual, true not made up or fictional
C. collecting clues to make an inference
D. parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of contents, etc)
12. author’s purpose
A. clues in text that help the reader determine the meaning of a word
B. a brief statement of main events of a story
C. Person who wrote a play/drama
D. the reason a story is written– to persuade, inform, entertain or explain
13. stanza
A. the “paragraph” in a poem
B. a word part that can be added to the end of a word to make a new word
C. comparing two things using “like” or “as
D. instructions for actors
14. resolution
A. collecting clues to make an inference
B. the solution to a problem or final outcome of a story
C. text that informs, gives instructions and is nonfiction
D. when and where the story takes place
15. drama
A. a story written to be performed by actors; a play
B. clues in text that help the reader determine the meaning of a word
C. instructions for actors
D. clues the indicate something will happen later on in the story or future
16. . theme
A. Person who wrote a play/drama
B. the perspective from which the story is told
C. when the story goes back in time
D. the central idea or message of a story
17. drawing conclusion
A. the story of a person's life written by that person
B. clues in text that help the reader determine the meaning of a word
C. the “paragraph” in a poem
D. collecting clues to make an inference
18. nonfiction
A. Writing that is factual, true not made up or fictional
B. parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of contents, etc)
C. literary work that is not real. It is usually made up
D. a story written to be performed by actors; a play
19. summary
A. the reason a story is written– to persuade, inform, entertain or explain
B. a brief statement of main events of a story
C. the central idea or message of a story
D. text that informs, gives instructions and is nonfiction
20. flashback
A. words that represents sounds
B. the solution to a problem or final outcome of a story
C. the turning point of the story
D. when the story goes back in time
