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ELAR STAAR Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is point of view?

a)

observation

b)

the character's feelings

c)

the narrator's opinion

d)

The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective.

2.

Which is an example of alliteration?

a)

You snore louder than a freight train!

b)

“He was wily as a fox.”

c)

"Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."

d)

“The wind howled.”

3.

Grouped lines in a poem is called a...

a)

stanza

b)

paragraph

c)

lines

d)

rhyme scheme

4.

The feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage is know as...

a)

surface

b)

tone

c)

mood

d)

vibe

5.

"Your explanation is as clear as mud," is an example of a...

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

pun

6.

An autobiography is...

a)

a true story of a person's life written or told by that person

b)

science fiction

c)

true story of a person's life written or told by someone else

d)

comedy

7.

A reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work is known as...

a)

characterization

b)

tone

c)

point of view

d)

mood

8.

A summary or short text that describes the original text must include what abbreviated information from the story?

a)

PIE

b)

BME (beginning, middle and end)

c)

paraphrase

d)

POV

9.

What things should you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text?

a)

graphics

b)

captions

c)

bold words

d)

all of the above

10.

A statement that cannot be proven true or false is...

a)

claim

b)

facts

c)

opinion

d)

context clues

11.

The character or force in conflict with a main character is also known as...

a)

characters

b)

protagonist

c)

author

d)

antagonist

12.

conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks

a)

figurative language

b)

gossip

c)

dialogue

d)

speech

13.

How the author creates the passage and puts it together (examples: description, cause and effect, sequencing, etc.,)

a)

prose

b)

text structures

c)

poem

d)

expository

14.

The angry clouds marched across the sky is an example of

a)

pun

b)

personification

c)

idiom

d)

cliche

15.

the overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths

a)

mood

b)

theme

c)

tone

d)

opinion