STAAR Review

When you have a vocabulary question and you don't know the word, what should you do?

• look it up in the dictionary

• find your context clues in the sentence the word is in

• guess what you think is correct

• you don't need any strategies

When do you use this strategy?

• Short Constructed Response (SCR)

• Revising and Editing

• Extended Constructed Response (ECR)

• RACE

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

Comparing two unlike things USING like or as

• simile

• metaphor

What two things do you need to make an inference?

• context clues and key words

• text evidence and background knowledge (what you know)

• main idea and details

• you don't need 2 things, you just guess

What is the authors purpose of the sentence below? Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

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

• To provide evidence for the main idea

• To introduce the main idea of the paragraph

• To conclude the paragraph

• To offer a counterargument

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• She don't like apples.

• He go to school every day.

• They was playing outside.

• She has finished her homework.

What is a synonym for the word 'elated'?

• Sad

• Joyful

• Angry

• Confused

In the sentence, 'Despite the rain, the event continued as planned,' what is the function of the word 'despite'?

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Adverb

• Noun