Understanding STAAR Questions

When you see this in a question ---"The reader can conclude"... You know you are doing which one of the following.

• A) Making a Connection
• B) Main Idea
• C) Making an Inference
• D) Point of view

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TEKS.ELA.3.6F

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6F

TEKS.ELA.5.6F

TEKS.ELA.K.5F

When you see this in a question--- "What is the lesson/message in the fable"... You know that you are looking for the....

• A) Context Clues
• B) Theme
• C) Main Idea
• D) Point of View

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TEKS.ELA.1.9A

TEKS.ELA.2.9A

TEKS.ELA.4.9A

TEKS.ELA.5.9A

TEKS.ELA.K.9A

A summary of a nonfiction story needs to include.....

• A) 1. beginning, 2. characters, 3. solution, 4. end

• B) 1. problem, 2. dates, 3. characters, 4. final

• C) 1. setting, 2. dates, 3. solution, 4. end

• D) 1.characters, 2. setting, 3. problem, 4. solution

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TEKS.ELA.4.7D

TEKS.ELA.5.7D

TEKS.ELA.6.6D

TEKS.ELA.7.6D

TEKS.ELA.8.6D

When a question asks for an opinion it is looking for......

• A) Facts
• B) The Main Idea
• C) Your Point of View
• D) An inference

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TEKS.ELA.1.6B

TEKS.ELA.2.6B

TEKS.ELA.3.6B

TEKS.ELA.4.6B

TEKS.ELA.5.6B

The Main Idea of a passage/paragraph is.....

• A) What the passage/paragraph is mostly about (what they talked about the most)
• B) What the passage/paragraph is NOT talking about (the things that they left out of the story)
• C) What the passage/paragraph is telling you about the characters (what the characters are doing in the story)
• D) What the passage/paragraph is telling you about the problem and the solution of the story

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TEKS.ELA.1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.K.8.D.I

How do you know that a passage is a poem?

• A) It has Paragraphs and Lines
• B) It has Lines and Numbers
• C) It has Stanzas and Lines
• D) It has a Title and an End

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TEKS.ELA.1.8A

TEKS.ELA.2.8A

TEKS.ELA.3.8A

TEKS.ELA.4.8A

TEKS.ELA.K.7A

What does RIF stand for?

• A) Re-read, Identical, Forget
• B) Reading, Icicle, Find sentences
• C) Read, Identify, Find Evidence
• D) Read, Imagine, Find the title

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TEKS.ELA.CR.3B

TEKS.ELA.CR.3D

TEKS.ELA.RI.1B

TEKS.ELA.RI.4A

TEKS.ELA.RI.4F

When you see words like First, Second, Before, After, Then, Finally, etc... what are they talking about?

• A) plot
• B) setting
• C) inference
• D) sequence

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TEKS.ELA.1.10B

TEKS.ELA.2.10B

TEKS.ELA.3.10B

TEKS.ELA.4.10B

TEKS.ELA.5.10B

When you see this in a question.... "Based on his actions, what might the reader conclude about..." it is telling you that you have to make an...

• A) Inference
• B) Opinion
• C) Prediction
• D) Connection

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TEKS.ELA.2.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6F

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.K.5F

What is the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction?

• A) Fiction - has photographs, visuals , sub - headings, and is real  Nonfiction - has a problem, solution, theme, characters, and a setting
  
• B) It is the same thing
• C) Fiction- has a problem, solution, theme, characters, and a setting Nonfiction- has photographs, visuals, sub-headings, and is real
  
• D) I don't know

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TEKS.ELA.4.7B

TEKS.ELA.5.7B

TEKS.ELA.6.6B

TEKS.ELA.7.6B

TEKS.ELA.8.6B