Frank loved to play tennis, and he was on the tennis court every day. Frank could hit the ball very hard. He was a good player. One day he met his friend Jim for a game of tennis. Jim had just started playing tennis. After the game Frank said, "I will help you with your shots, Jim."

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Frank and Jim met for a game of tennis.

Frank loved to play tennis, and he was on the tennis court every day. Frank could hit the ball very hard. He was a good player. One day he met his friend Jim for a game of tennis. Jim had just started playing tennis. After the game Frank said, "I will help you with your shots, Jim."

Is the following sentence a fact or inference?

Frank won the game.

Blood cholesterol used to be thought of as a problem only for adults.

What can you infer about blood cholesterol?

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

What text structure would an author use when writing about the life of Henry Ford?

What text structure would an author use when informing the reader about dolphins?

Which word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a compare and contrast passage?

Ben is so APPREHENSIVE about appearing in the play that he has an upset stomach.

What text structure would an author use when explaining the differences between four types of trees?

What text structure would an author use when writing about an endangered species and how we can save it from extinction?

The denoument/resolution is...

Sensory language allows the reader to use their senses and paints a picture in the reader’s mind. This type of figurative language is called?

Crayons have been used by people for many years. The idea to combine wax with color goes back thousands of years. The Egyptians used beeswax combined with color to paint on stones. They then used heat to melt the wax so it would stay in place. This method was used by many people around the world in the 17th and 18th centuries, in fact, it is still used today. While this may not be the easiest way to complete an art project, it is still an interesting way to add color to an object.

Which is the best main idea for this passage?

Teenagers that are 14 or 15 years old must work outside of school hours. They are not allowed to work more than 3 hours on a school day, including Fridays, and they are only allowed to work 8 hours or less on a nonschool day. Teens of these ages are allowed to work no more than 18 hours during a week when school is in session and no more that 40 hours during a week when school is not in session (summer and school breaks). Teens are allowed to work between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.-except between June 1 and Labor day when the evening hour is extended to 9 p.m.

The author wrote this article most likely to -

You just finished reading a magazine article that included some alarming statistics about pollution and how people are damaging the planet with everyday decisions that they make. The article also includes some suggestions on how you can help improve the Earth's situation for future generations.

The author's primary purpose for writing this article is most likely:

Read this sentence about heroes from paragraph 9.

"They truly hold our world together, through their unselfish devotion to helping others, supporting families, teaching children, protecting the environment."

The author includes this sentence most likely to emphasize that —

The plot is --

Iggy squinted as he tried to see through the holes in the ski mask. He could make out the large bag on the counter. The frightened woman who put it there now had both hands raised. Iggy exited the first set of doors but stopped in the entryway. Soon the windows of the building pulsated with blue and red lights. Iggy hurriedly walked back into the building.

What is Iggy doing in the building?

Pam clutched the steering wheel awkwardly. The man in the passenger seat looked at her from behind wireframe glasses and then looked back at his clipboard and made some checks. Pam attempted to pull out from the parking spot slowly, but her foot slipped and she pressed on the gas too hard. The car jerked back suddenly and she almost crashed into a parked van. The man scowled at her and made another check on his clipboard.

What is Pam doing?

The girl walked down the street with her head hanging down; She had just lost her first soccer game. What detail from the text can tell you how the girl was feeling?

The water felt so good on such a hot day! I heard the other children laughing and yelling across the way. The concrete was wet from a group of teenagers splashing each other in the corner. The lifeguard watched closely to keep children from running.

This is at a public pool: what detail from the text best proves this?

To improve the quality of instruction, students should be able to grade their teachers.

Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

A non-linear plot element that takes place before the time period of the main story is called--

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:

High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

A literary device used to tease readers about events that will occur later in the story is called--

The turning point in the plot of a story, sometimes described as the most exciting or emotionally tense part of the story is called-

Stating the main ideas and important details of a text is --

Identify the scenario that shows a Man vs. Nature conflict.

Identify the flashback.

Identify the sentence fragment.

Which word is a coordinating conjunction?

Mrs. Dixon loves to cook, and Mrs. Sailors loves to sing.

All of these are part of "plot" except

STAAR Question: The author organizes this selection by -

What skill are you being asked to use in this question?

STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on -

What skill are you being asked to use for this question?

STAAR Question: "The author begins and ends the selection with this idea in order to emphasize that" -

Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize -

2) When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

The word antonym means--

If I don't understand what a word means, even if it's just a word in the answer choice, I should __________.

When making inferences, it is important that your answer is supported by as many _________ as possible.

If a question is asking me to conclude something it is asking me to

Answering questions about mood and tone require you to look at the author's

A good way to look for the main idea is to look for things that repeat throughout the passage

Main idea, thesis, and ________ are all the same thing.

the writer’s or speaker’s position on an issue or problem is called the --

Argumentative writing is the ________ of an author presented in a text meant to persuade the reader.

_______ language is language that means more than what it says, you have to look for the meaning.

When I get tired during a test I should _____

It's always a good idea to think about why an author does something; such as why they chose certain words or why a character behaves a certain way.

A scene that is interjected into a story and takes it back in time. Primarily used to tell about events that occurred before the main timeline of a story or to provide a backstory on a character or situation.

when the author hints at future events that may occur in a story. Classic examples:

 weather; like rain or thunder, and phrases of doubt like "I've got a bad feeling about this"

If I can make __________ it will help me to understand the text.

When I make an inference, I take details from the text, put them in my brain, mix them with my _________ and come up with an educated guess about the text

When choosing the best summary, the answer should have the most important parts of the story this should include --

In an informational text these features help us understand important ideas from the text

On the STAAR test the word highlight means ---

ex: Which idea does the author highlight throughout the selection