STAAR Reading Review Game

Words or phrases that appeal to a reader's senses and help the reader to visualize the reading in their mind

• figurative language

• repetition

• rhythm

• imagery/sensory details

the time and place that the action of a story takes place

• plot

• climax

• setting

• conflict

the internal or external problems that the main character faces in a story

• climax

• conflict

• rising action

• resolution

The message, moral, or lesson of a story, poem, or biography is the ______________.

True or False?

A well-written fiction summary should include the exposition, conflict, and resolution of the selection?

• True

• False

True or False?

A well-written nonfiction summary should include the main/central idea of the selection and minor supporting details.

• True

• False

to make something known to the reader

• emphasize

• convey

• support

• convince

to make something very clear to the reader

• imply

• suggest

• emphasize

• support

when a writer repeats something to emphasize an important idea to the reader

• figurative language

• repetition

• imagery

• convey

True or False?

A synonym for the word "support" is the word "prove".

• True

• False