STAAR Review

Answer the following question

• a. F

• b. G

• c. H

• d. J

Which of the following is a synonym for the word scattered?

• a. Found

• b. Buried

• c. Spread

• d. carried

What is this question asking you?

• a. The main idea of the story

• b. Sequence of Events

• c. To summarize the BME

• d. The lesson that we lean in the story

What would you do to find out what paragraph 8 was mostly about?

• Go back and find the beginning middle and end of the story

• Go back and read the whole story again

• Go back to paragraph 8, find repeated words

• Find the order of events of the story

What is this question asking you to find?

• What happened before Jenny and Beth agreed not to fight

• After Jenny and Beth agreed not to fight

• Before Jenny imagines herself as a movie actress

• What happened before she entered the contest

A plot structure includes... in this order:  Exposition, rising action, _______________, falling action and _______________.

• resolution and climax

• climax and resolution

• more falling action

• dialogue and setting

What is the main purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?

• A) To provide evidence for the main idea

• B) To introduce the main idea of the paragraph

• C) To conclude the paragraph

• D) To present a counterargument

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• A) She don't like apples.

• B) He go to school every day.

• C) They has a big house.

• D) She goes to the gym regularly.

What is a synonym for the word 'benevolent'?

• A) Kind

• B) Angry

• C) Sad

• D) Indifferent

In the sentence 'The cat, which was hungry, meowed loudly,' what is the function of the phrase 'which was hungry'?

• A) Main clause

• B) Subordinate clause

• C) Adjective clause

• D) Adverbial clause