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STAAR Vocabulary

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the story, the author emphasizes the importance of -

What does the word emphasize mean?

a)

Make important or stand out

b)

To suggest

c)

To compare

d)

A statement that cannot be proven

2.

Paragraph 17 is important to the plot because -

What does plot mean?

a)

Main problem in the story

b)

Lesson learned in the story

c)

Events that make up a story

d)

The most intense part of the story, or the turning point in the story.

3.

Which sentence best foreshadows what happens at the end of the story?

What does foreshadow mean?

a)

The message of the story

b)

Clues that help the reader to figure out what will happen later in the story.

c)

When a reader uses text clues plus their background knowledge to draw a conclusion.

d)

The author's attitude toward the text.

4.

What can the reader conclude abut the narrator from this sentence?

What does conclude mean?

a)

To suggest, hint, infer

b)

To make a judgement or an opinion by reasoning

c)

Using clues to uncover the meaning of an unknown word

d)

Random guess

5.

The author presents events in chronological order to -

What is chronological order?

a)

Comparing and Contrasting

b)

Describing

c)

The order in which events occur, from first to last

d)

The steps in a process or event

6.

Which sentence from the selection conveys the idea that people were beginning to follow Big Bird's story?

What does convey mean?

a)

To form a mental picture

b)

To suggest or infer

c)

To collect clues to make an inference.

d)

To show, make known, express

7.

Based on the information in the article, what can the reader infer about the contest?

What does infer mean?

a)

The author's attitude toward the story

b)

When a reader uses text evidence plus what they already know to draw a conclusion

c)

The main problem of the story

d)

A factual statement found in the text

8.

The author organizes paragraph 9 in a compare and contrast pattern to illustrate -

What does illustrate mean?

a)

Paint

b)

To hide

c)

Instructions

d)

To show or explain

9.

How does Catalina's observation of the telescope advance the plot of the story?

What does advance mean?

a)

To move forward

b)

To show

c)

To stop

d)

To guess

10.

The story's third person point of view helps the reader -

What is third person point of view?

a)

Told from the point of view of one of the characters in the story - uses pronouns like I, me, my, we, us

b)

When the reader is part of the story - uses pronouns like you and your

c)

The narrator exists outside the story - uses pronouns like he, she, they, them

d)

It's not important.

11.

What topic is addressed by the author in the story?

What does addressed mean?

a)

To guess

b)

To give attention to

c)

To speak or write to someone

d)

To number of the house a person lives in