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WorksheetsSTAAR REVIEW MEGA!
Total questions: 121
Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins
Define: a phrase that says one thing but means something quite different
Metaphor
Alliteration
Idiom
Personification
The author discusses similarities and differences between people, thing, concepts, or ideas
cause & effect
compare & contrast
problem & solution
Identify POV - Chris loved chess. He practiced everyday.
First Person
Third Person
Third Person- Limited
Third Person - Omniscient
The author's attitude toward writing is?
Tone
Mood
She picked purple peppers.
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
An interruption of events that tell about an earlier event
foreshadow
flashback
symbolism
mood
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit; in a poem; a verse
Sentence
Paragraph
Stanza
How do we use compare and contrast?
Explain how two or more things are alike.
Explain how two or more things are different.
Explain how two or more things are alike and different.
The reason an author wrote a piece of text.
Author's Mood
Author's purpose
Author's tone
Main idea
Figure something out in the passage; text will give you clues that you may have to think about
Context clues
Summarization
Theme
Inferencing
Taking larger selections of text and reducing them to their bare essentials
Summarizing
Theme
Main idea
Conflict
An introduction to the characters, setting and possible situation/conflict of a story.
Climax
Resolution
Exposition
Plot
Internal conflict; a conflict within a character
man vs man
man vs nature
man vs self
man vs society
a person is in conflict with a blizzard, tornado, river, etc
man vs self
man vs man
man vs society
man vs nature
the turning point in the story; the point in a story when the conflict must be solved
climax
resolution
exposition
falling action
the message or lesson the author wants the reader to understand
main idea
conflict
text connection
theme
the words that are spoken by the actors in a play
dialogue
foreshadow
irony
flashbook
a poetry paragraph
stanza
sentence
lyrics
paragraph
ideas are presented step-by-step
descriptive
chronological
sequence
ideas are presented in the order in which they appear
chronological
sequence
description
the lesson of a myth or folktale
dishonorable
moral
unworthy
hints about events that will occur further on in a story
flashback
irony
foreshadow
imagery
It was so cold, even the polar bears were wearing jackets.
idoim
hyperbole
alliteration
personification
I saw five fish fly past.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
similie
personification
gobble
personfication
onomatopoeia
alliteration
is what the text is mostly about
theme
main idea
conflict
plot
pieces of information that support the main idea
theme
summary
details
plot
Her teacher told her to be quiet, yet she decided to continue to talk to her neighbor.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Ana can go to the movies, or she can go to the game.
Compound
Complex
Compound-complex
Before you can go to the game, you must finish your homework.
Complex
Compound-Complex
Compound
What is this question asking you to do?
How is influence being used in this sentence?
How is the word "significance" being used in this sentence?
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
What skill are you being asked to use for this question?
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
Which one of the following strategies will help you determine the answer to this question?
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
How is the word abrupt being used in this sentence?
What is a playwright?
Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize -
What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?
What is stereotyping?
The word deposited means -
paragraph, and conclusion paragraph
falling action, exposition
falling action, resolution
Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitional word or phrase?
As an example
He said
Likewise
On the other hand
Which is the BEST way to ensure your reader understands why your reasons support your thesis?
Provide as many examples as you can.
Provide good concrete details and commentary.
Provide the reader with examples that speak for themselves.
Provide a long conclusion to explain the examples.
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work is its...
theme
personification
author's purpose
tone
The author's attitude conveyed by a piece of literature is...
theme
tone
author's purpose
main idea
When joining two sentences together, what goes before the subordinating conjunction?
comma
period
semicolon
colon
On the reading section, I should...
Just start reading and skim through the boring parts
Don't read the whole passage, just go question by question
Read and annotate the passage
Which strategies can you use when answering multiple-choice questions?
Read question and circle, highlight, or underline key words.
Make notes in the margins
Justify your answers with evidence from the text.
All of the above.
The frog fell flat as it flew across the frozen lake. This is an example of...
allusion
metaphor
alliteration
simile
Which two sentences are written incorrectly?
(Revising: Many times there are two choices that have a grammatic error. If you can find these, then you can better your chance at choosing the correct answer.)
We can't always be right and someone has to take the blame.
We can't always be right; so someone has to take the blame.
We can't always be right; someone has to take the blame.
We can't always be right, so someone has to take the blame.
Which two sentences are written incorrectly?
(Revising: Many times there are two choices that have a grammatic error. If you can find these, then you can better your chance at choosing the correct answer.)
My friends and I always love to sing together; we harmonize so well.
My friends and I always love to sing together, we harmonize so well.
My friends and I always love to sing together, because we harmonize so well.
My friends and I always love to sing together, for we harmonize so well together.
How would you fix the following sentence?
Whenever we go to the movies I always have to have popcorn.
add a semicolon after movies
add a comma after movies
delete the second "have" before popcorn
No change needed
What is the synonym that best reflects the meaning of the word alien as used in line 17?
"Here in this alien crowd I walk apart"
Boisterous
Unfamiliar
Comparable
Exuberate
The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;
What is her burying grave, that is Rainbow in her womb;
Looking at her child's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
none of the above
In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters in the movie are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is. Which type of irony is represented in this situation?
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
none of the above
This refers to the writer’s use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work.
Description
Imagery
Senses
Symbols
What does Foreshadowing mean
I have money want to go and buy something
Be a warning or indication of a future event
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?
When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.
It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.
After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.
Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!
What type of response is expected?
ECR (Essay)
SCR
Multiple Choice
What type of response is expected?
ECR (Essay)
SCR
Multiple Choice
What type of response is expected?
ECR (Essay)
SCR
Multiple Choice
The ECR wants you to...
RAP: Restate, Answer, Provide Evidence (SHORT)
Essay form: Restate, Answer, Lots of Evidence, Restate again (LONG)
Use IQ Slap Down
RAP wants you to...
RAP: Restate, Answer, Provide Evidence (SHORT)
Essay form: Restate, Answer, Lots of Evidence, Restate again (LONG)
Use IQ Slap Down
Box the topic and underline the Prompt of the ECR.
Is this an ECR or SCR
ECR
SCR
Is this an example of an ECR or SCR?
ECR
SCR
Based on the information in paragraph 8, what can you infer about why Snell’s company calls Big Tex “fried chicken”? Support your answer with evidence from the article.
ECR
SCR
What do you do when you see this question?
ECR
Combine sentences using a FANBOYS
SCR: Revise/ Answer/ Text Evidence
What do you type in this question?
RACE
Write about what is repeated
Rewrite the sentence 28 and remove the repeated words
leave it as is
What would you use in this question?
SCR
Use the dictionary
type
guess
What do you do in this question?
ECR: Extended Constructed Response.
Use dictionary
SCR: Short Answer Response
What should you do in this question?
Write about what is repeated and what is wrong
RACE
ECR
Rewrite the sentence 16 and 17 and remove the repeated words
How many stanzas are in this poem?
3
10
5
12
What question type is this?
ECR
SCR
This type of question requires you to write ___
an ECR
an SCR
This type of question requires you to write ___
an ECR
an SCR
Combine the ideas in sentences 2 and 3. In the space provided, write a new sentence that combines these ideas in a clear and effective way.
(1) Have you ever had a Mexican pizza? (2) This special dish is put together just like a pizza. (3) It tastes more like a taco.
Sentence 5 needs to be revised. In the space provided, rewrite sentence 5 in a clear and effective way.
(1) My family has two dogs. (2) Their names are Lucy and Rocket. (3) We take them almost everywhere we go. (4) Yet there is one place that we do not take our dogs. (5) They never to restaurants go with us.
What should you do when you are finished with your test and you have checked all of your answers.
Submit your test
Raise your hand
Close your Chromebook
Take a nap
How can you energize yourself when tired or bored while testing?
Sit up tall with both feet flat on the floor
Take slow, deep breaths, with exhale twice as long as inhale
point and flex your feet to stretch your legs
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine yourself doing Karate
Tell jokes to the person sitting next to you
What is the main purpose of an informational text?
To entertain the reader with a story
To persuade the reader to do or believe something
To provide facts and information about a topic
To describe a person's life story in detail
Why do authors include headings and subheadings in informational texts?
To make the text look longer
To organize the text into sections that are easy to understand
To add more details to the story
To persuade the reader to agree with their opinion
Dr Wong carefully sewed up the cut.
Dr to Dr.
sewed to sewn
change the period to a comma
Which genre has stanzas?
Poetry
Biography
Paired Passage
Fiction
Text Structure
The way a passage is organized
How the author wants the reader to see the passage
How the problem is solved
The events in the passage
Conflict
What the character does to solve a probelm
The rising action
The problem the character has in the passage
What the author is trying to tell the reader
Plot
The text structure
The problem, events, and resolution
The rising action
What the characters do
Resolution
When everyone gets along
The Climax
Something the characters promise to do
How the problem is solved
Caption
The information under a picture
The information under the title
The information at the end
The information at the bottom of the page
Sensory Language
Uses the 5 senses
Helps the reader know what the author is talking about
Is only used in poems
Is just a bunch of adjectives
Casuse
What someone thinks
The reason why something happens
Why the author wrote the passage
The biggest idea
Purpose
The reason why the conflict happens
What the characters do
The reason why something happens
The reason why the reader reads the passage
Effect
The end of the falling action
What happens as a result
The author's purpose
The main idea
Theme
The lesson
The moral
The high point
The author's purpose
Pick 2 other words for MAIN IDEA
Key Idea
The lesson
Central Idea
Rising Action
Conclude (pick 2)
What you learned or know
To reach a decision
The biggest parts
The author's opinion
Dialogue
All the parts of the passage
The talking parts of the passage
The aurhor's opinion
What the author thinks
Persuade
To win an argument
To prove something
To argue
To tyr to get other to believe or agree with you
Cliam
The facts
What the author is trying to convience you of
What the author's purpose is
The climax
Source
The author
Where something comes from
The cliam
Where you find the main idea
Convey
To think
To end
To prove
To tell
Emphasize
To bring attention to
To yell
To think
To talk about
Contradict
To believe
To go against
To lie
To argue
Evaluate
To argue
To think
To prove
To lie
Feature
An important part of something
A fact
An illustration
Things we can leave out
How many paragraphs do you need for an ECR?
2
3
4
5
What do you do for the 1st paragraph of an ECR (pick 2)
Restate the queston
Answer the question
How do you start the second paragraph of an ECR?
However you want
First,
first
First
What two sentences stems are required in the second paragraph?
I don't need any
The text states,
This shows
In conclusion,
How many sentences should paragrapg 2 be
At least 3
At least 6
At lease 5
It doesn't matter
How do you start paragraph 3 of your ECR?
In conclusion,
Next,
This shows
The text states
How many points is an ECR worth TOTAL
2
10
5
8
How many points TOTAL points can you get for having correct spelling and puncuation on your ECR?
0
2
2
4
What are the ONLY two reasons you won't get any points for your ECR?
You leave it blank
You don't know
To do not answer the question correctly in paragraph 1
You don't have perfect spelling
