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A review for the EOC II
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1
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
Sadly, I walked, home.
Sadly I walked, home.
Sadly, I walked home.
Sadly I walked home.
2
Of the three sweaters, I like the red one____.
best
better
3
That was a ____ good milkshake.
really
real
4
The candle winked at me from the bedside table.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
5
"I'm going to die from all this homework!"
Idiom
Alliteration
Metaphor
Hyperbole
6
The guy sped like a racecar past the people at the crosswalk.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Oxymoron
7
What part of the essay tells the reader what you are going to write about?
Thesis
<p>Examples/ Details</p>
Topic Sentence
<p>Hook/ Grabber</p>
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fiction stories have a controlling idea
False
True
9
Last night I worked on my project at my friend Mirandas house.
add an apostrophe before the s in Mirandas
Add an apostrophe after the s in Mirandas
change my to myself
The sentence is fine, leave it as is
10
What should be your last sentence in the introductory paragraph of your essay?
Thesis
Topic Sentence
Examples/ Details
Grabber/ Hook
11
The engine screamed as it worked to get uphill.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
12
"They're not here because they forgot about the meeting" she said.
Change They're to Their
Change she to they
Insert a comma after meeting
Make no change
13
But what if the announcements are exciting.
Change the period to a question mark
Change are to is
Make no change
Change exciting to exiting
14
Your future is as bright as the sun.
simile
alliteration
metaphor
onomatopoeia
15
What type of essay will you be writing on the English I STAAR?
Persuasive
Expository
Standup Routine
Personal Narrative
16
What is revising?
Reading over your paper once
Moving around sentences and ideas to organize a writing
<p>Rewriting the whole paper</p>
Correcting punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.
17
At lunch I want to send time with my friends. We talk.
At lunch I want to spend time with my friends who talk.
No change is needed, the sentences are fine.
At lunch I want to send time with my friends, we talk.
At lunch I want to spend time talking with my friends.
18
"Get away from me", she said in a loud whisper.
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Idiom
Simile
19
Why should you annotate?
To make sure you undrestand what you are reading
all of the above
To help with summaries
To have notes to go back to for questions
20
The wind kissed my face as I sat outside reading my book.
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
21
Love is slow torture.
Simile
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
22
We, the entire student body, ____ the school colors to remain red and blue.
want
wants
23
He runs like a cheetah.
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Idiom
24
I often think of Andra and ____.
her
she
25
What are text features
all parts of an article that are not the main body of text
Just pictures
controlling idea
conclusion
26
Why didn't the rest of the students came today?
Change hadn't to didn't
Change why to when
Change came to come
Make no change
27
The boy told his teacher that he did not perform ____ in the concert because hewas sick.
good
well
28
Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom.
Change and to that
Change later to latter
Change speakers to speaker's
Make no change
29
Then maybe they would be able to get more people at them student council meeting.
Change get to gets
Change they to he
Make no change
Change them to their
30
What is editing?
Moving around sentences to make a paper more organized
Making sure that you start your paper with a question
Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.
Reading over your paper once
31
You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
32
Yellowstone National Park has more than a hundred different species, and many different rivers.
Expository
Persuasive
33
Name the parts of your ECR
Hook, thesis, evidence 1+2, explaination 1+2 conclusio
Hook, thesis, evidence, conclusion
Thesis, evidence, explanation, conclusion
thesis, evidence, conclusion
34
A dark river of hair runs down her back.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
35
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Idiom
Simile
36
She looked at me and sadly smiled.
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Simile