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STAAR Review Terms Literary Fiction

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Text Evidence

a)

What you say in response to the text

b)

Language or words taken directly from the text that support a claim

c)

The answer choices to the question

d)

What the teacher says it is

2.

What does it mean to summarize? (select 2 answers)

a)

To tell the main idea and the key details

b)

To briefly state the most important information from a text

c)

To make connections to the story and the characters

d)

Vivid impressions and memorable details that help you "see" the story

3.

What are characters?

a)

A person, animal, or creature in a story

b)

The person who wrote the story

c)

The narrator and his friends

d)

The people who read the stories

4.

What are characters internal response? (select 2 answers)

a)

The response of the character, such as how they think or how they feel

b)

Responses that take place inside the characters mind and are revealed as thoughts

c)

When the response involves another person

d)

How the character responds to other people or situations

5.

What is characters external response? (select 2 answers)

a)

When the response is within the character

b)

A response that is reflected as a thought because it happens in the characters mind

c)

When the character response to another character is the story

d)

It is not in the characters mind, instead it is a response to something that the character has to deal with

6.

What is Plot

a)

The organizational pattern of a fictional story

b)

The text structure the author uses

c)

The series of connected events or scenes that make up a story or play.

d)

The title page in a book

7.

What is Setting?

a)

The location where the story takes place

b)

The chair where you are

c)

To line up plates, knives and forks

d)

The main character and their struggles

8.

What is Rising Action?

a)

What water boils to the top

b)

The series of events that create suspense and interest in a story

c)

As the plot winds down and the suspense lessens, and events start to fall into place

d)

The beginning where the setting, characters and central conflict are introduced

9.

What is Climax

a)

A pop band from the 80's

b)

The part in which the plot's suspense reaches its peak, the turning point of the story

c)

The series of events that create suspense and interest

d)

The way the characters solve the problem

10.

What is Falling Action

a)

The series of events that create suspense and interest

b)

The way the characters solve the problem

c)

The plot winds down, suspense lessens, and events start to fall into place

d)

The problem that the characters have to solve

11.

What is the Resolution?

a)

The series of events that create suspense and interest

b)

The plot winds down, suspense lessens, and events start to fall into place

c)

The way characters solve the problem at the end of the story

d)

The part of the story that shows or describes something that happened in the past