STAAR Practice Reading

What is the author’s purpose of the passage?

•  To entertain readers with travel stories
  

• To persuade readers to join the WWOOF program

• To inform readers about ways to travel without spending a lot of money
  

• To describe different farming techniques

In which part of the selection can the reader find the information about when others tried to make gum?

• Early Years

• Many Attempts

• Success

• None of the above

The purpose of this selection is mainly to-

• explain how the Sioux Indians hunted

• list the reasons horses came to the United States

• describe several ways horses improved the lives of the Sioux

• offer reasons why the Sioux Indians couldn't travel easily

Which words from the sentences help the reader know what the word ordeal means?

• huddle together for warmth

• difficult experience

• rescue teams searched

• underground cave

Which strategy will you use during the STAAR Reading?

Choose all that will help you master the STAAR.

• Preview the question and create a PAT list

• Read the passage carefully, annotate with #hashtags, and highlight ideas from the PAT list

• Eliminate the ridiculous and the distracting answer choices with careful consideration

• Verify your answer choices with textual evidence by highlight the answer and writing Q# by the word, phrase, or line

• Write a statement or #hashtag carefully defending why your answer is correct or why the other choices are incorrect

When analyzing a character in a story, what does it mean to examine their "motivation"?

• To describe their physical appearance

• To explain why they act the way they do

• To list the other characters they interact with

• To identify the genre of the story

In the context of reading comprehension, what does it mean to "synthesize information"?

• To repeat information in exactly the same way it was read

• To combine information from different sources to create a new understanding

• To remove unnecessary details from information

• To translate information into a different language

In literary analysis, what does the term "theme" refer to?

• The setting of the story

• The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work

• The sequence of events in a story

• The conflict in the story

What is the main purpose of using transition words in writing?

• To confuse the reader

• To add more details to the text

• To connect ideas smoothly

• To end a paragraph

Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole