Reading-STAAR Review

Front

What are the 5 elements of plot?

Back

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Front

What is introduced in the exposition?

Back

Characters, setting, and conflict

Front

What is considered the turning point of the story?

Back

Climax

Front

What is the problem of the story also known as?

Back

Conflict

Front

What is theme?

Back

The lesson learned

Front

Which of the following is a true theme?

• Percy Jackson learned that him, Annabeth, and Grover made a good team.
• Percy realized that friendship is important.
• Everything is possible with teamwork.

Back

Everything is possible with teamwork.

Front

What is the POV of the following passage? The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my breathing with the rhythm. These sounds filled my head. I thought of nothing other than the next step and keeping my tempo. I soared over the sidewalks like concrete clouds Options: 1st Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person, 3rd Person Omniscient

Back

1st Person

Front

Identify the type of figurative language: There’s a faucet in the basement / that had dripped one drop all year since he fixed it, we can’t find it / without wearing scuba gear.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Identify the type of figurative language: When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears.

Back

Personification

Front

What is a hyperbole?

Back

An extreme exaggeration.