Reading Staar Ready 4th Grade

Question 1

Text Features

Answer 1

Table of Contents, index, glossary, title, heading, subheading, photograph, caption, graph, illustration. diagram, and, highlighted words.

Question 2

Author’s Purpose

Answer 2

The author’s purpose is the reason an author writes a story. Think P.I.E. Persuade, Inform, or Entertain.

Question 3

Persuade

Answer 3

A Persuasive Text is a form of non-fiction writing which aims to convince the reader of a certain point of view

Question 4

To inform

Answer 4

To inform your reader means to explain facts or give information.

Question 5

4 Main Literary Genres

Answer 5

, literature has four main genres: poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction.

Question 6

Fiction

Answer 6

“Fiction” is literature created from the imagination.

Examples: Science fiction, mystery, fantasy, adventure.

Question 7

Non-fiction

Answer 7

writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

Question 8

Text structure

Answer 8

Text structure is how an author organizes his passage.

Question 9

5 types of text structure

Answer 9

problem/solution, compare/contrast, sequence/chonological, description, cause/effect,

Question 10

Setting

Answer 10

Where a story takes place.

Question 11

5 elements of a story

Answer 11

characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution.

Question 12

Plot

Answer 12

The plot is the actual story around which the entire book is based.

Question 13

Conflict

Answer 13

The problem that must be solved in a story.

Question 14

Resolution

Answer 14

The solution to the problem.

Question 15

1st Person Point of View (POV)

Answer 15

Usually, the main character is telling the story from their perspective. Pronouns found in 1st person POV: I, Me, We

Question 16

3rd Person Point of View (POV)

Answer 16

Someone else is telling the story of the characters. Think of someone “looking” in on the story. Pronouns found in 3rd person POV: She, he, they, them, it.