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Duplicate of STAAR Review Eng II
Duplicate of STAAR Review Eng II
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A review for the EOC II
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Until you visit Yellowstone National Park, you haven't lived.
Expository
Persuasive
2
The car zoomed past the people at the bus stop.
Simile
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
3
Your future is as bright as the sun.
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
4
What must every paragraph start with?
Thesis
Grabber/ Hook
Topic Sentence
Examples/ Details
5
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
Sadly I walked, home.
Sadly I walked home.
Sadly, I walked, home.
Sadly, I walked home.
6
Then maybe they would be able to get more people at them student council meeting.
Change get to gets
Make no change
Change them to their
Change they to he
7
The wind kissed my face as I sat outside reading my book.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
8
"I'm going to die from all this homework!"
Hyperbole
Idiom
Alliteration
Metaphor
9
A dark river of hair runs down her back.
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
10
Why hadn't the rest of the students came today?
Change why to when
Make no change
Change came to come
Change hadn't to didn't
11
We, the entire student body, ____ theschool colors to remain red and blue.
want
wants
12
Love is slow torture.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Idiom
13
What is editing?
<p>Reading over your paper once</p>
<p>Making sure that you start your paper with a question</p>
<p>Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.</p>
Moving around sentences to make a paper more organized
14
Last night I worked on my project at my friend Mirandas house.
add an apostrophe before the s in Mirandas
The sentence is fine, leave it as is
change my to myself
Add an apostrophe after the s in Mirandas
15
Why do we not start our papers with a question?
It is a weak device that lets our readers "check out" on us
It will make Mr. Bowlen want to vomit
It is a very stupid thing to do.
It is a grave and deadly sin
16
What type of essay will you be writing on the English II STAAR?
Expository
Persuasive
Personal Narrative
Standup Routine
17
Quit wasting time, or you will get left behind.
Expository
Persuasive
18
That was a ____ good milkshake.
real
really
19
Yellowstone National Park has more than a hundred different species, and many different rivers.
Persuasive
Expository
20
A committee ____ policy in all matters ofevaluation.
determine
determines
21
I often think of Andra and ____.
she
her
22
You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Hyperbole
23
"Get away from me", she said in a loud whisper.
Idiom
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Simile
24
Of the three sweaters, I like the red one____.
best
better
25
She looked at me and sadly smiled.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
26
Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom.
Make no change
Change later to latter
Change speakers to speaker's
Change and to that
27
At lunch I want to send time with my friends. We talk.
At lunch I want to spend time with my friends who talk.
At lunch I want to spend time talking with my friends.
No change is needed, the sentences are fine.
At lunch I want to send time with my friends, we talk.
28
Do you want to go to the beach with my sister and ______?
I
me
29
____ Jake and Mariela have to worktonight?
Doesn't
Don't
30
Sally said to me that Peter put the roses on the table.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Alliteration
31
What is revising?
<p>Rewriting the whole paper</p>
Reading over your paper once
Moving around sentences and ideas to organize a writing
Correcting punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.
32
The boy told his teacher that he did notperform ____ in the concert because hewas sick.
well
good
33
You need to invest your money while you are young, or else you may never be able to retire.
Persuasive
Expository
34
The engine screamed as it worked to get uphill.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
35
But what if the announcements are exciting.
Change the period to a question mark
Make no change
Change exciting to exiting
Change are to is
36
What part of the essay do we start first on the STAAR test?
<p>Hook/ Grabber</p>
Topic Sentence
<p>Examples/ Details</p>
Thesis
37
He runs like a cheetah.
Simile
Idiom
Oxymoron
Metaphor
38
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Idiom
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Simile
39
Peter picks a peck of pickle peppers.
Simile
Idiom
Alliteration
Metaphor
40
"They're not here because they forgot about the meeting" she said.
Change she to they
Make no change
Change They're to Their
Insert a comma after meeting
41
The candle winked at me from the bedside table.
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia