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STAAR Vocabulary

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of Suggest?

a)

To Ask

b)

to do something with power

c)

To tell in an indirect way

d)

to refuse

2.

Which answer correctly uses the word Convey?

a)

The convey store was on the third block in my neighborhood.

b)

Please convey that work once a week.

c)

Mr. Williams conveyed his message to the audience last week.

d)

I will convey her to do what I want.

3.

Theme is best described as____________

a)

love from a poet

b)

Message or lesson learned

c)

main idea

d)

summary

4.

Emphasize means to ____________

a)

hold on to something tightly

b)

to give importance to

c)

to hide

d)

a bright color

5.

tell what is the same about two or more things

a)

compare

b)

contrast

c)

cause

d)

effect

6.

to take what you read plus what you know and make a conclusion

a)

predict

b)

clarify

c)

infer

d)

compare

7.

I tell you about the characters actions and feelings, but you can't see me...Who am I?

a)

author

b)

Narrator

c)

secondary character

d)

main character

8.

Which of the following mean to highlight?

a)

to emphasize

b)

to make clear

c)

to stress

d)

all the above

9.

Conclude also means...

a)

the effect

b)

to compare

c)

to convey

d)

to infer

10.

What do stage directions do for the actor?

a)

tell them what to say

b)

tell them where to go

c)

tell them how to feel

d)

all of the above

11.

The person who writes the play is...

a)

the author

b)

the poet

c)

the playwright

d)

all of the above

12.

"Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandmother's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!"


The author is showing...

a)

foreshadowing

b)

predicting

c)

inferring

d)

conveying

13.

"The tiny red ant climbed up the broken twig"

Here, the author shows...

a)

inference

b)

prediction

c)

figurative language

d)

imagery

14.

When the author says something but it means something different, the author is using...

a)

vocabulary

b)

sensory language

c)

figurative language

d)

inferring

15.

"The flowers are now in bloom" The author is suggesting that it is now Spring. The word suggesting also means...

a)

assuming

b)

implying

c)

predicting

d)

imagining

16.

What does the word Origin mean?

a)

a made up word to confuse you

b)

the main place where someone lives

c)

the point or place where something begins

d)

what is found at the center of a map

17.

What does the word Develop mean?

a)

grow, evolve, mature over time

b)

reveal something

c)

make problems

d)

express an idea

18.

What does the word Indicate mean?

a)

leave blank

b)

hint

c)

point out

d)

find out

19.

What does the word Dialog mean?

a)

words

b)

speech

c)

voices

d)

the conversation between two people

20.

what does the word Visualize mean?

a)

take a picture

b)

to reveal

c)

listen closely

d)

picture in your head

21.

What does the word Identify mean?

a)

problem solve

b)

recognize

c)

reveal

d)

show

22.

What does the word Conflict mean?

a)

fight

b)

answer

c)

situation

d)

problem

23.

What does the word Reveal mean?

a)

to unravel

b)

to show

c)

to reduce

d)

to see

24.

What does the word Significant mean?

a)

Important

b)

Real

c)

Serious

d)

Treated

25.

Author's purpose is...

a)

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

b)

in the time order in which events happened.

c)

contrast to tell how things are alike or the same.

d)

the reason the author has for writing.

26.

Captions are...

a)

the reason why something happens.

b)

the outfits the actors wear during a play.

c)

small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.

d)

a drawing that shows or explains something.

27.

Climax is...

a)

what happens because of something else.

b)

the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

c)

the turning point in the action of a story.

d)

the problem in the story.

28.

Context Clues are...

a)

the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

b)

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word.

c)

the part of the story which follows the climax or turning point.

d)

the reason the author has for writing.

29.

Drama is...

a)

a story written to be performed by actors.

b)

this type of text informs or instructs the reader.

c)

the problem in the story.

d)

the reason why something happened.

30.

Fiction is ...

a)

the outfits the actors wear during a play.

b)

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on facts.

c)

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

d)

the turning point in the action of a story.

31.

First person point of view means...

a)

told from the viewpoint of one outside of the story.

b)

a conversation between characters set off by quotations.

c)

told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "We".

d)

contrast to tell how things are different or not alike.

32.

Flashback means...

a)

a story written to be performed by actors.

b)

combining several pieces of information to make an inference.

c)

when a portion of the story goes back in time.

d)

the turning point in the action of a story.

33.

Genre means...

a)

a story written to be performed by actors.

b)

the problem in the story.

c)

a division or type of literature, the specific type of text.

d)

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

34.
To place importance or stress on something
a)
enhance
b)
evoke
c)
imply
d)
emphasize
35.

The protagonist in a story experiences a change during the --

a)

rising action

b)

falling action

c)

climax/turning point

d)

resolution

36.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

to show and tell

b)

giving human-qualities to non-human things

c)

comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

d)

an exaggeration to show strong feeling and effect

37.

An organizational pattern is . . .

a)

the main events of a story in sequential order

b)

the way a text is organized

c)

main idea

d)

an pattern with great organization skills

38.

What is main idea?

a)

text structure

b)

beginning, middle, and end

c)

what a text is mostly or mainly about

d)

an organizational pattern

39.

Another word for theme is --

a)

main idea

b)

view point

c)

message

d)

inference

40.

The speaker of a poem is . . .

a)

author

b)

narrator

c)

writer

d)

reader

41.

What is personification?

a)

giving human-like qualities to non-human things

b)

the repetition of phrases, line, or group of lines

c)

exaggeration to show strong feeling or effect

d)

comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

42.

To compare and contrast means to . . .

a)

present a problem and solution

b)

show steps in sequential order

c)

explain or describe something

d)

tell the similarities and differences

43.

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. What is another word for selection?

a)

bridge

b)

passage

c)

part

d)

line

44.

What is the author's attitude toward his subject? It can be positive, negative, or neutral.

a)

tone

b)

claim

c)

mood

d)

point of view

45.

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.

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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.

49.

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.