STARR Reading

The difference between a metaphor and a simile is that _________.

• A simile says that something is like just like as something else. A metaphor implies that it is something else.

• A simile implies that it is something else. . A metaphor says that something is like just like as something else

I'm as busy as a bee is a simile because it suggest ________.

• You are as busy as a bee, so you have something in common with the bee, You are both very busy.

• You are a mad dog. You have literally become so angry that you are no longer a person but an angry dog.

The sign at Taco Casa is attempting to ________.

• force you to eat there

• persuade you to eat there

• inform you that you can eat there

What does good summary always include?

• Important details from the beg. & end or SWBS

• Lots of details from the story

A true story full of facts and information...

• Non-Fiction

• Fiction

• Drama

What is the Author's Purpose of a High School Math Textbook?

• Persuade

• Inform

What is the author's purpose for "The 3 Little Pigs"?

• To laugh

• Entertain

What is a conflict?

• the problem

• the solution

What should you do to find the meaning of an underlined word?

• Use your best guess

• Look in the word and around the word. Infer. Then use the dictionary

With her knife, she inscribed her name on a piece of wood. Inscribed means ....

• sang

• wished

• carved

• wanted