RLA STAAR Prep

Evidence stated directly from the text.

• Implicit Evidence

• Explicit Evidence

• Ominous

• Infer

This type of evidence is usually a direct quote.

• Implicit

• Explicit

• Infer

Which of these would best reveal that Jack is compassionate?

• "It's OK," Jack told her. "I know you didn't mean to lose my pencil."

• Every day, the same man stood on the corner of 2nd Street and Central, holding a sign that read "Hungry. Anything helps." Usually, people just drove by. Today, however, Jack slowed the car, rolled down the window, and gave the man on the corner five dollars.

• Jack made eye contact and smiled as he passed the woman on the sidewalk.

• Jack and his friend went to lunch together. Neither was sure what they wanted to eat, so they each ordered something different and split their meals.

Which lines from the poem support the theme? (RL1; RL2)

• “…once I have known/They joy that could have touched a heart of stone—“

• “One day in Kiev I heart a great church-bell/Crying a strange farewell.”

• “From the long water sorrowfully strong,/Came the last echoes of the River Strong!”

• “Here in this alien crowd I walk apart/Clasping remembered beauty to my heart!”

How does the author’s use of rhyme scheme enhance the theme of the poem? (RL2; RL4)

• a. The rhyming couplets in the stanzas about Russia are rhythmic and soothing. 

• b. The different rhyme patterns are jarring, and mirror the noise of the city. 

• c. The rhyming lines are subtle in comparison to the growing light. 

• d. The rhyme pattern mimics the songs of the birds in the country.

In line 18, what is the meaning of the phrase “clasping remembered beauty”? (RL1)

• a.  imagining future events 

• b.  recalling past events 

• c.  creating current events 

• d.  forgetting past events

How has the speaker changed between the first and last stanzas of the poem? (RL3)

•  She is less meek after remembering beautiful moments from her days in Russia. 

•  She is even more overwhelmed by her hectic surroundings in New York City. 

•  She is more aggressive toward the other people in the street. 

•  She is now confidently intermixing with her fellow walkers.

How does the speaker’s point of view affect her impression of the bustle of New York? (RL3; RL6)

• a. The speaker feels welcomed and embraced by the citizens of New York. 

• b. The speaker is excited by the differences between home and the new city. 

• c. The speaker feels excluded in a strange and frightening place. 

• d. The speaker is cautious and curious about life in a large, new city.

What does the speaker achieve in the poem with her description of New York? (RL1)

• a. She forges a connection with the audience’s sense of gratitude. 

• b. She presents a stark contrast to the beauty of her homeland. 

• c. She describes how to pass time during the hectic rush hour. 

• d. She confesses her feelings of bitterness and remorse.

What kind of questions are you most likely to see while reading an informational text?

• Summary, Context Clues, Thesis/Main Idea.

• Summary, Author's Purpose, Thesis.

• Inferences, Context Clues, Plot.

• Character analysis, Summary, author's Purpose.