ELAR STAAR

What is the climax of a story?

• The end of the story.
• The beginning of the story.
• The turning point of the story.
• The funniest part of the story.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the setting of the story?

• The people in the story.
• Where and when the story takes place.
• The problem of the story.
• The genre of the story.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

 Which genre has stanzas and lines?

• Realistic fiction
• Informational non-fiction
• Poetry
• Biography

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the "author's message"?

• The story the author tells.
• The lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
• The general feeling of the passage.
• The style or type of passage the author writes.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

In poetry , _____________ are like paragraphs in fiction and non-fiction writing.

• Lines
• Pages
• Stanzas
• Personification

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following is a simile?

• He was a tiger leaping on his prey.
• They were louder than a rock concert.
• She was like a ninja, fighting the criminals.
• My computer haves me!

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Inferring means:

• An extreme exageration.
• Taking what you know and what you have read to come up with a conclusion.
• Having a picture in your mind of what you are reading.
• Coming up with a conclusion based only on your opinion.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A hyperbole:

• Is a saying that is not to be taken literally.

• Is comparing two unlike things.

• Is an extreme exaggeration.

• Is a sound word.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does the idiom "It's raining cats and dogs" mean?

• There are too many cats and dogs in the area.

• It is raining heavily

• It is raining animals.

• It is not raining.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

In non-fiction, you should always:

• preview the text first.
• find the setting and problem.
• number the stanzas.
• identify the problem.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10