English STAAR EOC I

The sequence of events in a (play, story, novel, or text)

• mood

• plot

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Helps prove your point or claim.

• support
• theme
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What resources do you have available to you during the STAAR test?

• a grammar textbook

• your phone

• google

• a dictionary & thesaurus

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the purpose of expository writing?

• to explain or inform
• to tell a story
• to persuade
• all of the above

Personification

• comparing two things using like or as

• giving non-living things human characteristics

• symbolization

• saying something that you don't mean

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

what is the theme of a story?

• where the story took place
• the main idea
• the lesson the reader learns
• the resolution

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

If a question asks to support with the strongest evidence. What are you looking for?

• disprove
• wrong 
• denial
• Proof

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Metaphor

• comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• comparing two unlike things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

how does a reader make an inference

• prior knowledge + clues from story

• Guess

• Proof in the story

• assume

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which is author's purpose?

• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6