8th Grade Reading STAAR Review

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In poetry, _____________ are like paragraphs in fiction and non-fiction writing.

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Stanzas

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A hyperbole:

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Is an extreme exaggeration.

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Inferring means:

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Taking what you know and what you have read to come up with a conclusion.

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What is the climax of a story?

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The turning point of the story.

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What can you infer about Julia? Julia was quiet all day long. In class she put her head down. At dinner she barely touched her food. After dinner, she went straight to bed. Her mother wondered why Julia was acting so differently from how she usually behaved.

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She is feeling sick.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What does it mean to infer?

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To draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is the theme of a story?

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The central idea or message that the author wants to convey.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.