RLA STAAR Review

What should you do if there is an unfamiliar word in the prompt?

• Skip over it.

• Look it up.

• Replace it with another word.

• Guess what it is.

As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, "Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk." She looked at her classmates accusingly. What is being personified?

• Alice

• The pencil

• The desk

• Her classmates

Choose the correct answer for the task card.

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the tone of the following sentence?
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.

• angry

• witty

• suspicious

One way you could figure out the theme is to...

• Skim through the story

• Just read the beginning of the story

• Think about what the character has learned

• Read the ending of the story

What is a theme?

• main idea

• details

• message or lesson that the author wants you to know

• toy story

What is the theme of this story?

• Don't be lazy.

• Turtles are faster than rabbits.

• Our friends are always there for us.

• It is better to take your time and do it right then to rush and fail.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; 
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay. 
What is the central theme of this poem?

• Nature and man

• Innocence cannot last

• Sunsets and sunrises are beautiful

• Nature and beauty

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• I waited in line for 10 years!

• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

An informational text

• is about an emotion an author wants to express.

• is meant to entertain you.

• is meant to be performed on a stage.

• is meant to give you facts and teach you about something.