WorksheetsSTAAR Practice Vocabulary
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 34mins
What is being personified?
Before choosing your "final answer" on any multiple choice test, how many answer choices should you look at?
I can stop when I find one that could be right
It depends on the question
Only the longest answer - it's always right
Always read all answer choices
What is an author's claim?
a main idea
a description
a comparison
a guess
Which is an example of sensory language?
Eradicate a passive voice to make a boring blog interesting.
You don't want to deal with your to-do list, but you do it anyway.
My feet were trudging in the thick, pasty mud. My feet felt heavy. Squelch. Sploosh. Squelch. Sploosh
Research shows that when we can hold a product the desire for the product increases.
By telling the story from the first-person point of view, the author helps the reader understand —
how the protagonist's friend feels about a particular subject
why a minor character enjoys the protagonist's company
how all the characters feel about a particular subject
how the protagonist feels about a particular subject
What is the meaning of Suggest?
To Ask
to do something with power
To tell in an indirect way
to refuse
Which answer correctly uses the word Convey?
The convey store was on the third block in my neighborhood.
Please convey that work once a week.
Mr. Williams conveyed his message to the audience last week.
I will convey her to do what I want.
The playwright__________
is a character in a play
speaks a play
loves a play
writes a play
Dialogue______________
1 person talking to a large group
only when 2 sisters are talking
A conversation between people
when a dog barks loudly
Theme is best described as____________
love from a poet
Message or lesson learned
main idea
summary
the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about
cause
main idea
setting
theme
the ability to create pictures in our heads based on text we read or words we hear.
Evaluate
Visualize
Analyze
Summarize
The moon, stars and black sky versus bright sunlight and blue skies. This is an example of...
contrast
assumption
climax
repetition
to condense (make it brief) a text to its main points and to do so in your own words.
Summarize
Paraphrase
Analyze
Visualize
The morning snow covered the world outside my window in a glistening blanket of white. This is an example of...
imagery
contrast
fact
symbol
to take what you read plus what you know and make a conclusion
predict
clarify
infer
compare
a conclusion or opinion reached based on known facts.
Conclusion
Summary
Inference
Prediction
Adding more and more danger in a story's plot is how a writer...
builds tension
creates repetition
emphasizes the resolution
creates contrast
The climax of a story is the...
turning point where everything changes
highest point
moment of contrast
ending
a scene that takes place before a story begins; interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life.
Conclusion
Resolution
Foreshadow
Flashback
the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader.
Mood
Tone
Theme
Plot
Rising Action
Events leading to the climax
Events after the climax
Setting and background
Point that hooks the reader's attention
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
reveal
convey
suspense
role
This is where we are introduced to the characters and learn about the setting.
climax
exposition
rising action
falling action
This is where all of the loose ends get tied up. MOST of the conflicts are resolved.
rising action
falling action
climax
resolution
In third person limited, the reader knows:
what multiple characters think and feel.
only the thoughts and feelings of one character.
only what one character thinks and feels because everything is seen through that character's eyes as he/she tells the story.
everything because third person limited is a god-like, all-knowing point of view.
This is where the story begins to develop its conflict. Suspense builds here.
climax
resolution
falling action
rising action
What is the difference between third person limited and third person omniscient?
Third person limited allows the reader to know multiple characters' thoughts and feelings while third person omniscient only shares one character's thoughts and feelings.
There is no difference between the two.
Third person limited shares one character's thoughts and feelings while third person omniscient shares multiple characters' thoughts and feelings.
Third person omniscient doesn't let the reader know any of the characters' thoughts and feelings while third person limited shares one character's thoughts and feelings.
What is the organization of this passage? "The best time to visit the Rocky Mountains is early fall because the weather is cooler in the fall than in the summer and you will see fewer people."
classification
problem/solution
description
compare/contrast
Sidebar
Heading and Subheading
Caption
Footnote and Annotation
The main point of an author's argument is called a
claim
evidence
reason
conclusion
Examples, facts, and expert quotes used to support reasons are called
evidence
reasons
claims
conclusions
What is the Author's Purpose?
Why an author writes - their reason for writing.
The message an author is trying to communicate.
Who an author is writing to - the specific group they target.
How an author communicates - the tricks and methods they use.
What is the Author's Craft?
Why an author writes - their reason for writing.
The message an author is trying to communicate.
Who an author is writing to - the specific group they target.
How an author communicates - the tricks and methods they use.
rewording or express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity
Summarize
Claim
Paraphrase
Predict
What are supporting details?
details that support the main idea
details that support the theme
details that support the conflict
details that support the author's purpose
"Illustrate," "convey," "highlight," and "emphasize" all mean to ___________________.
show
describe
infer
paraphrase
