WorksheetsSTAAR REVIEW VOCABULARY & SKILLS
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is a CLAIM?
the building up of a story; usually when characters solve a problem
The main point of a speech or text - the belief of the writer
the main points of any text
common errors in an argument
What is a PLOT?
The events as they happen in a story; the storyline
the problem in a story
when and where a story takes place
how the story ends
How does a story's SETTING affect its PLOT?
it makes the story exciting
it makes the story boring
It allows the certain characters to do (or not do) certain things within a story
Where the story happens does not affect the story at all
What is SENSORY LANGUAGE?
using the 5 senses to appeal to a reader (aka imagery)
the attitude of a speaker
a comparison using like or as
the climax of a story
"What I would speak of rather is the weightless string of his actually soft and nervous body, the nameless stars of his eyes..."
The IMAGERY in these lines above contributes to a sense of --
relief
gloom
wonder
discomfort
"Paragraphs" of a poem are also called -
alliteration
stanzas
lines
sequences
A space between the lines that separate a poem's stanzas are called -
lines
rhythm
line breaks
facts
What does it mean to SYMBOLYZE?
to describe someone or something
to carefully judge someone or something
to understand someone or something
to represent or stand for something
Briefly retelling the main ideas of a text in your own words is:
summarizing
primary sourcing
relevant
analyzing
To examine, in detail, the structure of something in order to understand it better is to:
influence it
analyze it
contribute to it
indicate it
What is an EXCERPT?
a book or a story
an inference
a quotation
a piece of a larger text
In the question, "Which sentence illustrates Noah's conflict?" the word illustrates means...
gives evidence for
explains or shows
names
infers
The time and place of a story is its...
resolution
setting
climax
plot
If an author wanted a detail or a concept to look important, they may want to put extra ____________________ on it by writing it in bold text or underlining it.
contribute
suggest
imagery
emphasis
The root word "bene" means 'good.' When something BENEFITS something else, then it is...
not good
helpful
strange
using the 5 senses
Conversation between characters in a story is an author's use of ___________________ and will usually include quotation marks
infeences
emphasis
dialect
dialogue
Sensory language and imagery are used by an author to show --
what something was before it changed
what something smells, sounds, looks, tastes, or feels like
a decision being made
a good result
The word ILLUSTRATE does not always mean to draw. It could also mean:
to explain or show with examples to help readers understand
to make a decision based on prior knowledge
to show importance
to talk someone into something
To make something clear and understandable is to:
suggest it
clarify it
contribute to it
factor it
When a STAAR question asks you about what something SUGGESTS, it is referring to what it:
hints at or causes you to think
explains with its examples
shows as important
concludes
The enemy of a main character is the...
protagonist
conflict
resolution
antagonist
The way an author ORGANIZES the text is:
exposition
text features
stanzas
text structure
Things such as headings, captions, photos, and graphics in a text are also called:
suffixes
text features
synonyms
text structure
The words [usually in brackets] that tell actors the instructions on what to do in a play are called...
scripts
stage directions
plot
props
Language that is not literal and communicates BEYOND the literal meanings of words (wordplay) is known as...
literary elements
figurative language
story elements
synonyms and antonyms
What tells us the moral or overall lesson/message of a story?
main idea
imagery
point of view
theme
What uses words that appeal to the senses?
imagery
tone
figurative language
pictures
Sensory language (imagery) used by an author helps the reader to see or visualize what they are reading. Choose an example of IMAGERY:
The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a mad rattlesnake.
The walls of the house shook fast.
The wind blew through the trees.
It was extremely breezy outside.
This word means "to finish" or "to bring to an end."
phrase
excerpt
develop
conclude
First person POINT OF VIEW allows us to:
know what the main speaker thinks and feels
know what all the characters think and feel
hear from a narrator who just tells the story
Which statement is an example of a STEREOTYPE?
People who speak French are sometimes from France.
All teachers have summers off from the regular school year.
All pit bull dogs are extremely aggressive.
Math is difficult for me to understand.
If an answer is EXPLICIT, that means it is:
obvious in the text
must be inferred from clues in the text
not found in the text at all
in first person point of view
What is FORESHADOWING?
A figure of speech where something is described as something else
An extreme exaggeration
A hint at what is to come later in a story
A type of figurative language in which non-human things are given human characteristics
What is the CLIMAX of a story?
the most important and exciting part; the turning point
when the problem of the story is resolved
the main issue in a story
when we learn what the characters learned from the events in the story
What is a FLASHBACK?
where a character learns something new
where a character has a memory that interrupts the normal flow of the story
when the character becomes angry
the use of hints or clues to later events in the story
TONE is....
the attitude of an author toward the subject
a lesson taught by a literary work
the quality of a character
the events and actions of a narrative work
What do you do when you come to an unfamiliar word?
Immediately ask for a dictionary and look it up.
Skip past the word and don't do back to figure out the meaning.
Stop reading completely and stare at the word until you know it.
Use your context clues to read around the word and think of what would make sense based on what is happening in the text. Use a dictionary to check if you are not sure at all.
How do you determine the theme of a literary text?
I use what happened in the text to think of the life lesson that the story teaches.
I make a guess based on the choices.
I only look at the very end of the text.
I search for the sentence in the text that says, "The theme of this text is..." It always says the theme right in the text.
When answering the multiple choice questions, what should you do?
choose the first answer that sounds right to me.
read all the answer choices before picking one.
say, "eeny meeny miney moe" to pick an answer.
ask a friend or teacher to help me.
Main Idea tells readers.......
the author's meaning
the supporting details
what the selection is mostly about
