STAR Test Prep 1

While oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits that grow on trees, they are different colors and have very different tastes.

• description

• compare & contrast

• sequence

• cause & effect

Every year, thousands of car accidents occur because of drivers distracted by their phones. Safe drive Corporation developed a product that will disable cell phones inside a car, and many people feel this product will help save lives.

• cause & effect

• description

• sequence

• problem & solution

Which of the below is an example of personification?

• The wind grabbed my umbrella.

• The wind was terrible.

• The man was cold in the wind.

• The cold and the wind were chilling.

Which of the below is an example of a simile?

• My dad is a teddy bear.

• Her heart smiled.

• She was a crazy person.

• The weight was as light as a feather.

What type of conflict is this?

David is struggling with a decision. He has to decide if he wants to go to a technical school or a community college.

• Internal conflict

• External conflict

What type of conflict is this?

Robert's girlfriend has just broken up with him because someone told her that he was seeing her best friend.

• Internal conflict

• External conflict

Facts written about someone's life written by someone else.

• biography

• autobiography

• fiction

• non-fiction

Facts written by someone about his/her own life

• fiction

• historical fiction

• autobiography

• biography

What genre is this?

Bronze Star by Irwin Keene World War II has been hard for Mama Conner. Her husband and three sons have been away at war and Mama Conner was left to keep the house together, raise money, and provide for Baby Maple. The mood in the town darkens suddenly when her neighbor Betsy loses one of her loved ones in battle. At Mama Conner's ladies club, several upstanding ladies of the town are on edge after hearing a garbled news report announcing that a man from their town was lost in battle, but as the man's name went unheard, the women are left to speculate as to whom will be the most affected.

• biography

• autobiography

• historical fiction

• science fiction

What genre is this?

Newton's Law by Morton Mallon After a mostly unsuccessful life of studying and practicing the nano-transportation sciences, Professor Melton stumbles upon a major breakthrough on April 20^th, 2042: he discovers a way to transport particles at light-speed across fixed distances, thereby allowing him to teleport from one location to another. But Professor Melton soon discovers that there is no such thing as a free lunch. He learns that the body ages relative to the distance traveled, not just the time, in effect causing a teleporting body to age very rapidly. Can Melton solve this problem before his time is up?

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• fantasy

• science fiction