8th Grade Reading STAAR Review

the overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths

• mood

• theme

• tone

• opinion

What is onomatopoeia?

• rhyme
• sound words
• an exaggeration
• repetition of beginning sounds

What is the setting of the story?

• The people in the story.
• Where and when the story takes place.
• The problem of the story.
• The genre of the story.

What is alliteration?

• rhyme
• repetition of middle sounds
• repetition of end sounds
• repetition of beginning sounds

How the author creates the passage and puts it together (examples: description, cause and effect, sequencing, etc.,)

• prose

• text structures

• poem

• expository

"Your explanation is as clear as mud," is an example of a...

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• pun

Which is an example of alliteration?

• You snore louder than a freight train!

• “He was wily as a fox.”

• "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."

• “The wind howled.”

Grouped lines in a poem is called a...

• stanza

• paragraph

• lines

• rhyme scheme

The character or force in conflict with a main character is also known as...

• characters

• protagonist

• author

• antagonist

Inferring means:

• An extreme exaggeration.

• Taking what you know and what you have read to come up with a conclusion.

• Having a picture in your mind of what you are reading.

• Coming up with a conclusion based only on your opinion.