STAAR Prep ELA

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.

Tags

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.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

 Which genre has stanzas and lines?

• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Poetry
• Biography

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

What is the "Theme"?

• 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.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

• Lines
• Pages
• Stanzas
• Personification

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Lyrical poetry is:

• Poetry that is about nature and/or music.

• Poetry that has a message.

• Poetry that does not have any rhyme nor rhythm.

• Poetry that has a set rhyme or rhythm.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following is a simile (comparing using like or as)?

• 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.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Free verse poetry:

• Consists of 4 or more stanzas.

• Is free for all to read.

• Has neither rhyme nor rhythm.

• Has a message.

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

A caption is:

• A sentence or words that explain a picture.

• A subheading.

• A diagram of an important part of an article.

• A sentence that summarizes the text.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5