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English STAAR Review summer school
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If you answer the wrong question in an essay, what score do you get?
3
1
2
0
2
What part of the directions for the essay should you pay attention to?
The write part/explain
The read part
None of it
The think part
3
What is the 3rd step when approaching the reading section?
Read the first and last paragraph
Read the questions
Read the whole passage
Read the title and charts/graphs
4
When things are the opposite of what you would expect
irony
metaphor
allusion
onomatopoeia
5
When the author compares two things using“like” or “as”
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Imagery
6
What is dramatic irony?
One character knows, but another character does not.
The character knows, but the audience does not.
The story ends differently then what we expected.
The audience knows, but the characters do not.
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How many hours do you have to take the English STAAR test?
5
All day
4
2
8
repetition of initial consonant sounds
imagery
alliteration
simile
Onomatopoeia
9
What should you pay attention to in a play?
All of the above
Stage Directions
Words in bold
Dialogue
10
When something concrete stands for something abstract (EX: American flag standing for freedom)
Symbol
Imagery
Metaphor
Irony
11
You should always read the captions under the pictures on the STAAR test.
True
False
12
What is the purpose of an informative essay?
To inform
To entertain
To scare
To convince
13
A rough draft is not necessary when writing my essay.
False
True
14
The essay is scored on what range?
1-4
0-100
1-3
1-10
15
Group of lines in a poem that is like a paragraph in prose
indention
allusion
stanza
rhyme scheme
16
What type of question stem is this?
"The author uses imagery to....."
Dictionary
Style
Supporting Detail
Tone/Attitude
17
The "Hook"...
catches fish
gives your opinion.
gets the reader's attention.
provides examples.
18
Language that is not literal…includes metaphors, similes, etc.
English Language
Literary Language
Imaginary Language
Figurative Language
19
The point of view from which a story is told-- when an author uses “I”
1st Person
2nd Person
You can't use I
3rd Person
20
What type of essay are you writing in English 2?
Research
Persuasive
Narrative
Expository
21
Body paragraphs are more effective when the writer uses
song lyrics.
anecdotes and example.
quotes from famous people.
quotes from the passages.
22
What is the 2nd step when approaching the reading section?
Read the whole passage
Read the questions
Read the title and charts/graphs
Read the first and last paragraph
23
How many reasons should you provide in your thesis statement?
3
1
4
2
24
True or False: It is important to pick a side in your persausive essay.
False
True
25
What order should you have to take the test in?
Reading, writing, revise/edit
Revise/edit, writing, reading
Any order is correct
Writing section, reading, revise/edit
26
What does every essay have to have at the beginning of the essay (end of first paragraph)?
Call to Action
Thesis
Hook
Examples
27
It is important to read through all of the answer choices before deciding on an answer.
False
True
28
Language that appeals to the five senses
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Allusion
Metaphor
29
What does a good conclusion do in a persuasive essay?
It’s persuasive
has a call to action
All of the above
It restates the thesis
30
Which is the correct spelling of the word
hystericaly?
hystericully
It is correct in the sentence
hystericaley
hysterically
31
When an inanimate object is given human qualities
imagery
allusion
personification
onomatopoeia
32
Why the author wrote a text
author's craft/purpose
Idea
Example
point of view
33
When a character faces a problem and solving it means violating one of their beliefs or values
Situational Irony
Issue
Fight
Moral dilemma
34
What is the first step when approaching the reading section?
Read the questions
Read the first and last paragraph
Read the whole passage
Read the title and charts/graphs
35
What should a thesis statement include?
The prompt
author's purpose
your topic
Topic, verb, and points
36
What type of essay are you writing for the English 1 test?
Informative
Narrative
Analytical
Persuasive
37
The point of view when an author uses “he” or “she”
1st Person
3rd Person
2nd Person
You must always use 'I"
38
Which of these is the best way to rewrite, 'A man who will not yield is he' ?
He is a man who never will yield.
No revision is needed.
Never to yield is his goal.
The goal he holds is never to yield.
39
Which item or items can you use on the test?
Pen
Tablet
Dictionary
Music Player
40
Selecting 'No Change' on the revise/edit is always correct.
False
True
41
What is the purpose of a persuasive essay?
To scare
To entertain
To convince
To inform
42
Describe the attitude or tone of this sentence
happy
sorrowful
angry
sad
43
The author uses the word
faltered
to suggest...
Laziness
Terror
Clear thinking
Hesitancy
44
We live near a railroad track which has hooting trains roaring by in the middle of the night.
Add a comma after track
Capitalize which
Add a comma after trains
Change which to that
45
How should you expand on your examples?
Use the 5 W's
Repeat your point
You don't have enough space to
Bring up another point
46
The root in the word
prospect
means...
Build
Support
See
Height
47
What type of questions stem is the following?
"The passage (or author) says ...."
Style
Tone/Attitude
Supporting Detail
Inference
48
The life lesson about human nature in a text
irony
main idea
theme
call to action
49
What type of question stem is this?
"The passage (or the author) implies...."
Inference
Supporting Detail
Tone/Attitude
Style
50
Attitude or feeling
irony
Allusion
Imagery
tone
51
When selecting an answer for revise/edit, you should...
All of the above
select the first that works
always pick 'no change'
comment on every answer choice (do something)
52
What change should be made: My goal is to open a resturant and become a world-famous chef.
Change resturant to restuarant
No change needs to be made.
Change chef to chief
Change goal to gool
53
"In addition" is a transition phrase that could be used at the beginning of what paragraph?
Conclusion
Body Paragraph #1
Body Paragraph #2
Introduction
