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WorksheetsSTAAR Vocabulary
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 38mins
What is the meaning of Suggest?
To Ask
to do something with power
To tell in an indirect way
to refuse
Which answer correctly uses the word Convey?
The convey store was on the third block in my neighborhood.
Please convey that work once a week.
Mr. Williams conveyed his message to the audience last week.
I will convey her to do what I want.
Theme is best described as____________
love from a poet
Message or lesson learned
main idea
summary
Emphasize means to ____________
hold on to something tightly
to give importance to
to hide
a bright color
tell what is the same about two or more things
compare
contrast
cause
effect
to take what you read plus what you know and make a conclusion
predict
clarify
infer
compare
I tell you about the characters actions and feelings, but you can't see me...Who am I?
author
Narrator
secondary character
main character
Which of the following mean to highlight?
to emphasize
to make clear
to stress
all the above
Conclude also means...
the effect
to compare
to convey
to infer
What do stage directions do for the actor?
tell them what to say
tell them where to go
tell them how to feel
all of the above
The person who writes the play is...
the author
the poet
the playwright
all of the above
"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...
foreshadowing
predicting
inferring
conveying
"The tiny red ant climbed up the broken twig"
Here, the author shows...
inference
prediction
figurative language
imagery
When the author says something but it means something different, the author is using...
vocabulary
sensory language
figurative language
inferring
"The flowers are now in bloom" The author is suggesting that it is now Spring. The word suggesting also means...
assuming
implying
predicting
imagining
What does the word Origin mean?
a made up word to confuse you
the main place where someone lives
the point or place where something begins
what is found at the center of a map
What does the word Develop mean?
grow, evolve, mature over time
reveal something
make problems
express an idea
What does the word Indicate mean?
leave blank
hint
point out
find out
What does the word Dialog mean?
words
speech
voices
the conversation between two people
what does the word Visualize mean?
take a picture
to reveal
listen closely
picture in your head
What does the word Identify mean?
problem solve
recognize
reveal
show
What does the word Conflict mean?
fight
answer
situation
problem
What does the word Reveal mean?
to unravel
to show
to reduce
to see
What does the word Significant mean?
Important
Real
Serious
Treated
Author's purpose is...
the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.
in the time order in which events happened.
contrast to tell how things are alike or the same.
the reason the author has for writing.
Captions are...
the reason why something happens.
the outfits the actors wear during a play.
small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.
a drawing that shows or explains something.
Climax is...
what happens because of something else.
the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.
the turning point in the action of a story.
the problem in the story.
Context Clues are...
the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.
Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word.
the part of the story which follows the climax or turning point.
the reason the author has for writing.
Drama is...
a story written to be performed by actors.
this type of text informs or instructs the reader.
the problem in the story.
the reason why something happened.
Fiction is ...
the outfits the actors wear during a play.
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on facts.
the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.
the turning point in the action of a story.
First person point of view means...
told from the viewpoint of one outside of the story.
a conversation between characters set off by quotations.
told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "We".
contrast to tell how things are different or not alike.
Flashback means...
a story written to be performed by actors.
combining several pieces of information to make an inference.
when a portion of the story goes back in time.
the turning point in the action of a story.
Genre means...
a story written to be performed by actors.
the problem in the story.
a division or type of literature, the specific type of text.
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
The protagonist in a story experiences a change during the --
rising action
falling action
climax/turning point
resolution
What is a hyperbole?
to show and tell
giving human-qualities to non-human things
comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
an exaggeration to show strong feeling and effect
An organizational pattern is . . .
the main events of a story in sequential order
the way a text is organized
main idea
an pattern with great organization skills
What is main idea?
text structure
beginning, middle, and end
what a text is mostly or mainly about
an organizational pattern
Another word for theme is --
main idea
view point
message
inference
The speaker of a poem is . . .
author
narrator
writer
reader
What is personification?
giving human-like qualities to non-human things
the repetition of phrases, line, or group of lines
exaggeration to show strong feeling or effect
comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
To compare and contrast means to . . .
present a problem and solution
show steps in sequential order
explain or describe something
tell the similarities and differences
Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. What is another word for selection?
bridge
passage
part
line
What is the author's attitude toward his subject? It can be positive, negative, or neutral.
tone
claim
mood
point of view
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.
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 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 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.
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.
