FREE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY AND STUDY GAMES

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FREE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY AND STUDY GAMES

ABOUT READING STAAR VOCAB. EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -69 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: historical fiction

Answer:

a story that is set in the past, but it is fiction

Question 2: Figurative Language

Answer:

using figures of speech to go beyond the literal meanings of words to make the reading more impactful

Question 3: plot

Answer:

the events that make up the story

Question 4: falling action

Answer:

events in a story after the climax

Question 5: inference

Answer:

a decision based on text evidence and your own knowledge

Question 6: fact

Answer:

can be measured, observed, and proven true

Question 7: cause

Answer:

the "why"- happens 1st

Question 8: Selection

Answer:

also know as the passage or article

Question 9: rising action

Answer:

the events in a story before the climax

Question 10: resolution

Answer:

how the story ended

Question 11: opinion

Answer:

a personal thought or feeling

Question 12: rhyme scheme

Answer:

a pattern of rhyming in a poem

Question 13: line break

Answer:

where the line of text ends

Question 14: Sensory Language

Answer:

Use of details from the five sense to help the reader visualize something

Question 15: drama

Answer:

a work that is meant to be preformed on stage

Question 16: alliteration

Answer:

the repetition of the same starting sound ( Wally walked to Walmart.)

Question 17: act

Answer:

large section of a play

Question 18: Speaker

Answer:

The "voice" of the poem or the "person" who is "speaking" the poem (it's from their point of view)

Question 19: free verse poetry

Answer:

no rhyme or rhythm- just sounds like talking

Question 20: playwright

Answer:

the author of a play or drama

Question 21: realistic fiction

Answer:

a story that is fiction, but could happen in real life

Question 22: dialogue

Answer:

what is being spoken/talking

Question 23: climax

Answer:

the most important part of the story (heart)

Question 24: Antonym

Answer:

a word opposite in meaning to another

Question 25: anecdote

Answer:

a short, interesting person about a real person or incident

Question 26: first person narrator

Answer:

a person in the story is telling it from their perspective

Question 27: nonfiction

Answer:

informational text that is true

Question 28: Foreshadow

Answer:

a warning or indication of a future event