Spring 2021 English II STAAR EOC Review

Question 1

What does HMBCS stand for?

Accepted Answer

History, Movies, Books, Celebs, Self/Someone I know

Question 2

What are some major characteristics of a drama?

Accepted Answer

characters & plot, stage directions & dialogue

Question 3

What should you do between now and the start of your test?

Accepted Answer

Wear something comfortable and warm, Get a good night's rest, Eat a normal breakfast

Question 4

What are some major characteristics of a personal narrative?

Accepted Answer

real people, dialogue, first person POV

Question 5

What are some activities we’ve done in the past few weeks that can help you on the test?

Accepted Answer

Annotations, thinking in images we understand, #summary, defining unknown words, 3-2-1, using text evidence to support answers, sketchnoting, reading small parts of text, answering critical questions

Question 6

What are some text features that authors may use in informational texts?

Accepted Answer

Photos, graphs, section headings

Question 7

What is the definition of a theme?

Accepted Answer

A theme is a universal idea or message explored in the text.

Question 8

Imagery is descriptive language (using the 5 senses) the author uses to develop tone, mood, theme, etc.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Simile is comparing two things without using “like” or “as”

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What are some major characteristics of a literary text?

Accepted Answer

character, setting, plot

Question 11

Which sentence has a comma splice?

Accepted Answer

I went to take my test, I did my best.

Question 12

What's the highest score a person can give you on the persuasive essay?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 13

What types of literary passages might you see?

Accepted Answer

Poetry, short story, personal narrative, book, drama

Question 14

Connotation is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Tone is how the reader feels while reading the text

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Some strategies to help you with the multiple choice questions on the test are...

Accepted Answer

look up any words you don't know, eliminate answers you know are wrong first, find text evidence to make sure it's correct, reread the paragraph the question asks about

Question 17

You get 5 hours. How long should you be working on the test?

Accepted Answer

3.5 - 4 hours

Question 18

You should focus on the quote in the box when you get to the essay prompt.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Label the order and structure of a good EOC essay

Accepted Answer

hook, thesis, topic sentence, reasoning with example, conclusion

Question 20

Metaphor is comparing two things using “like” or “as”

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

How can you fix a comma splice?

Accepted Answer

Add a FANBOY, split into 2 sentences, replace comma with a semicolon

Question 22

What are some major characteristics of a short story/book/novel?

Accepted Answer

dialogue, characters, plot

Question 23

What are some major characteristics of poetry?

Accepted Answer

lots of figurative language, stanzas, unconventional grammar / structure

Question 24

What are the major sections you will encounter on the test?

Accepted Answer

Revising, Editing, Written Composition, Reading

Question 25

What are some major characteristics of an informational text?

Accepted Answer

Text headings, infographics, facts, statistics

Question 26

What are some major characteristics of an argumentative text?

Accepted Answer

rhetoric, reasoning, evidence, claim

Question 27

Look towards the beginning of the text, ID the topic & what the author says about the topic specifically is how to...

Accepted Answer

find the main idea of an informational txt

Question 28

How can you find the tone of a text?

Accepted Answer

Look at the author’s style and word choice

Question 29

Mood is the author's emotions and feelings present in their writing

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

What 3 major genres that we reviewed will be on the test?

Accepted Answer

Literary, informational, argumentative

Question 31

What should you do if you don’t know a word?

Accepted Answer

Look it up and use context clues!

Question 32

If you do your best, you should...

Accepted Answer

be proud of yourself., know that Mrs. B is proud of you for trying., try to relax afterwards.

Question 33

What essay genre are you writing on the test?

Accepted Answer

Persuasive/argumentative

Question 34

Denotation is the literal meaning of the word

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Personal experience, emotional appeals, facts and statistics, fallacies, interviews/opinions of experts are all...

Accepted Answer

persuasive techniques an author can use, rhetorical techniques the author can use

Spring 2021 English II STAAR EOC Review

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Spring 2021 English II STAAR EOC Review

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