When you take your STAAR test you should:

Take your time, plan, use the dictionary & proofread.

What does contradictory mean?

Opposing ideas, different views, opposite and not in agreement.

What does convey mean?

To explain, to make clear, to express.

What is a conclusion?

The last part of your essay that sums up your main points.

a shortened version of a passage

How poems are divided; similar to a paragraph.

What is a thesis sentence?

A sentence in the first paragraph of an essay that tells your main idea.

Why should you pay close attention to the writing prompt and read it well?

If you write about the wrong topic, you will automatically fail the test.

What should you do at home the night and morning before the STAAR test?

Relax, go to bed early, and eat a good breakfast.

The feeling created in the reader.

The passage you need to read; the poem, story, essay thye give you to read.

A plan for what you will write.

What does the word emphasize mean?

To stress, to highlight, to make something seem important.

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1
When you take your STAAR test you should:
Rush through it and not try.
Do a question, cry awhile, do another question, cry more...
Write sloppy and don't check over your work.
Take your time, plan, use the dictionary & proofread.
2
What does organize mean?
To put things in a random nonsensical order.
To put in a particular order.
Examples, proof, quotes from the text.
A shortened version of a passage.
3
What does contradictory mean?
To stress, to highlight, to make something seem important.
To use a dictionary upside down.
Opposing ideas, different views, opposite and not in agreement.
To put in a particular order.
4
Before you write an essay you should:
Read the topic so you can stick to it.
Decide what examples to use to prove your point.
All of the above.
Plan what you will write before you start writing.
5
What does convey mean?
To organize all the M&M's into color groups.
To show or display.
To stress, to highlight, to make something seem important.
To explain, to make clear, to express.
6
What is a conclusion?
The beginning main idea of the paper.
The name of the new burger at McDonalds.
The last part of your essay that sums up your main points.
The main middle part of a paper.
7
What is a summary?
opposing ideas, ideas that are different
a shortened version of a passage
a dog that can break dance in jello
the reason an author writes
8
What is a stanza?
A shortened version of a reading passage.
How poems are divided; similar to a paragraph.
Examples, proof, quotes from the text.
The reason an author writes.
9
What should you do at the beginning of each new paragraph you write?
All of the above.
Sing a song.
Indent it.
Write it up against the paragraph before it.
10
Which one of these can you use on your English STAAR test?
Scrap paper to plan on (but you have to turn it in.)
thesaurus
dictionary
All of the above.
11
What should you do before you turn in your STAAR Test?
All of the above.
Look up any words you aren't sure you spelled right.
Proofread it.
Correct any mistakes.
12
What is the Second Person Point of View?
When a narrator uses the pronoun “you” or "your" to tell the story.
The hardest point of view to use.
A story told from the perspective of an onlooker speaking to the reader.
All of the above.
13
What is the First Person Point of View?
All of the above.
The easiest point of view to write in.
A story told by someone involved and using "I" or "we."
When the writer is "in conversation" with the reader.
14
What is a thesis sentence?
All of the above.
The last sentence of your essay that sums up your main point.
A sentence that is written backwards.
A sentence in the first paragraph of an essay that tells your main idea.
15
What letter should always be capitalized when it is alone?
A
O
E
I
16
The first letter of each new sentence should be ___________
Invisible
Written backwards
Capitalized
Lowercase
17
What is evidence?
Examples, personal stories, & quotes from the text as proof.
What you add to your paper to get people to agree with you.
What you put between the intro and conclusion in your paper.
All of the above.
18
Why should you pay close attention to the writing prompt and read it well?
It is a hobby of famous people to do it, so you should too.
You don't want to hurt the writing prompt's feelings.
It's easy to write on a topic if you don't know what it is.
If you write about the wrong topic, you will automatically fail the test.
19
What are punctuation marks?
Periods, exclamation points, and question marks.
All of the above.
What must be at the end of all your sentences to pass your STAAR test.
What you put at the end of a sentence to show it's the end.
20
When answering a STAAR reading question you should:
All of the above.
Go look at what you read to help you find the answer.
Cross out the answers you know are wrong.
Read the question carefully to make sure you understand it.
21
What should you do at home the night and morning before the STAAR test?
Study til 3 a.m., memorize the dictionary, and cry a lot.
Party all night and skip breakfast.
Eat donuts and Cheetos until you get sick.
Relax, go to bed early, and eat a good breakfast.
22
What does mood mean?
The way the author feels while writing.
The words the author chooses to set the feeling.
The feeling created in the reader.
What your cows did all day.
23
What is purpose?
A story with a hidden meaning.
When the first letter in each word is the same.
A shortened version of a passage.
The reason an author writes.
24
What is a selection?
The passage you need to read; the poem, story, essay thye give you to read.
When a purple alien eats slime.
The first sentence of an essay.
When all the sentences rhyme.
25
What does the word reflects mean?
To put in a particular order.
Shows or displays.
To stress, to highlight, to make something seem important.
All of the above.
26
What is the Third Person Point of View?
The most flexible and most commonly used point of view in writing.
When the narrator uses "he," "she," "they," or "it" to tell the story.
When a writer writes as an outsider looking in at the action taking place.
All of the above.
27
STAAR scores are important because
Test scores determine your college and training options after high school.
Scholarship donors use test scores when they choose who gets their money.
Employers use applicant test scores to measure intelligence and work ethic.
All of the above.
28
What is an outline?
Opposing ideas, different.
A line that is going outside.
The reason an author writes.
A plan for what you will write.
29
Which of these should be capitalized?
People's names.
Names of days and months.
Names of holidays.
All of the above
30
What does the word emphasize mean?
Examples, proof, and quotes from the text.
How poems are divided; similar to a paragraph.
To stress, to highlight, to make something seem important.
To put things in a particular order.

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