English STAAR Review

Words used to show order or move between supporting details are called

• FANBOYS

• Transition words

• Key points

• Contractions

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence uses a semi colon correctly?

• I'm going to the store; to buy some food.

• It's raining here today; I wish I'd remembered my umbrella.

• Friday is the best day of the week; last day;

• Movies; popcorn; and chips are what I need for a perfect night.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Sensory language allows the reader to use their senses and paints a picture in the reader’s mind. This type of figurative language is called?

• imagery

• literary

• imagination 

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is point of view?

• observation

• the character's feelings

• the narrator's opinion

• The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When analyzing test questions, the phrase "support the claim" or "supports the idea" is asking the reader to find

• complications

• main idea

• supporting details

• concrete evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

_______writing that gives the events in the order in which they occurred; order of events; sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• problem and solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Convey means to

• determine

• show

• paraphrase

• summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A ________ is a poem's "paragraph"

• line

• stanza

• verse

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A synonym for significant is

• important

• one

• sympathetic

• cause

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When you make comparisons, you look for __________

• similarities

• differences

• opinions

• facts

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3