WorksheetsSTAAR Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the story, the author emphasizes the importance of -
What does the word emphasize mean?
Make important or stand out
To suggest
To compare
A statement that cannot be proven
Paragraph 17 is important to the plot because -
What does plot mean?
Main problem in the story
Lesson learned in the story
Events that make up a story
The most intense part of the story, or the turning point in the story.
Which sentence best foreshadows what happens at the end of the story?
What does foreshadow mean?
The message of the story
Clues that help the reader to figure out what will happen later in the story.
When a reader uses text clues plus their background knowledge to draw a conclusion.
The author's attitude toward the text.
What can the reader conclude abut the narrator from this sentence?
What does conclude mean?
To suggest, hint, infer
To make a judgement or an opinion by reasoning
Using clues to uncover the meaning of an unknown word
Random guess
The author presents events in chronological order to -
What is chronological order?
Comparing and Contrasting
Describing
The order in which events occur, from first to last
The steps in a process or event
Which sentence from the selection conveys the idea that people were beginning to follow Big Bird's story?
What does convey mean?
To form a mental picture
To suggest or infer
To collect clues to make an inference.
To show, make known, express
Based on the information in the article, what can the reader infer about the contest?
What does infer mean?
The author's attitude toward the story
When a reader uses text evidence plus what they already know to draw a conclusion
The main problem of the story
A factual statement found in the text
The author organizes paragraph 9 in a compare and contrast pattern to illustrate -
What does illustrate mean?
Paint
To hide
Instructions
To show or explain
How does Catalina's observation of the telescope advance the plot of the story?
What does advance mean?
To move forward
To show
To stop
To guess
The story's third person point of view helps the reader -
What is third person point of view?
Told from the point of view of one of the characters in the story - uses pronouns like I, me, my, we, us
When the reader is part of the story - uses pronouns like you and your
The narrator exists outside the story - uses pronouns like he, she, they, them
It's not important.
What topic is addressed by the author in the story?
What does addressed mean?
To guess
To give attention to
To speak or write to someone
To number of the house a person lives in
