STAAR Study Guide 2026

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📋 STAAR Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

240 min

Time Limit

40%

Passing Score

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📚 STAAR Topics to Study (26)

✍️ Sample STAAR Questions & Answers

1. What is the term for the change from a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state?

✓ Sublimation

Sublimation is the process by which a solid changes directly into a gas, as seen with dry ice.

2. Which of the following is the correct order from least to greatest?

✓ 1/4, 0.28, 0.3

1/4 = 0.25, so the order is 0.25 < 0.28 < 0.30, which is 1/4, 0.28, 0.3.

3. What does the term 'manifest destiny' refer to?

✓ The idea that American expansion across the continent was inevitable and justified

Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

4. What was the Reconstruction period in U.S. history?

✓ The period after the Civil War focused on reintegrating Southern states and addressing rights of formerly enslaved people

Reconstruction (1865–1877) was the post-Civil War period in which the U.S. government worked to reintegrate Confederate states and define the rights of freed enslaved people.

5. What does the word 'narrator' mean?

✓ The person who tells the story

The narrator is the voice that tells the story.

6. In a persuasive text, what is the author's primary purpose?

✓ To convince readers to agree with a viewpoint

The primary purpose of persuasive writing is to convince the reader to agree with the author's position or take a specific action.

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