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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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1
Identify the figurative language: "I'm going to die from all this homework!"
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metaphor
2
What and Where IS a CALL TO ACTION?
It is in the introduction and tells reader about thesis info
Found in the conclusion. Starts with an introduction
It is found in body paragraphs & tells reader about action
It is found in the conclusion & tells reader GO DO
3
Identify the figurative language: The wind kissed my face as I sat outside reading my book.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
4
Revise/Edit : Do you want to go to the beach with my sister and ______?
me
I
5
Revise/Edit I often think of Andra and ____.
she
her
6
Identify the figurative language used in this sentence: He runs like a cheetah.
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Idiom
Simile
7
Identify the type of essay: Until you visit Yellowstone National Park, you haven't lived.
Persuasive
Expository
8
Revise/Edit: What if the announcements are exciting.
Make no change
Change are to is
Change exciting to exiting
Change the period to a question mark
9
Identify the figurative language: She looked at me and sadly smiled.
Simile
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
10
Revise/Edit 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
11
Revise/Edit We, the entire student body, ____ theschool colors to remain red and blue.
want
wants
12
Revise/Edit The boy told his teacher that he did not perform ____ because he was sick.
good
well
13
Revise/Edit: Why hadn't the rest of the students came today?
Make no change
Change why to when
Change came to come
Change hadn't to didn't
14
Identify the figurative language: Peter picks a peck of pickle peppers.
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
15
Revise/Edit A committee ____ policy in all matters ofevaluation.
determine
determines
16
What is revising?
Correcting punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.
Reading over your paper once
Moving around sentences and ideas to organize a writing
<p>Rewriting the whole paper</p>
17
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
Sadly I walked, home.
Sadly I walked home.
Sadly, I walked home.
Sadly, I walked, home.
18
What must every body paragraph start with?
Thesis
Topic Sentence and Transition
Examples/ Details
Grabber/ Hook
19
Identify the figurative language: The engine screamed as it worked to get uphill.
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
20
What is a counterargument?
An argument that shows the other side
An argument that shows my side
I have never heard of a counterarguement
An argument that if found in an expository essay
21
Identify the figurative lang. used in this sent:"Get away from me", she said in a loud whisper.
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
22
Identify the figurative language: People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Alliteration
Simile
Idiom
Oxymoron
23
Why is it a great idea to start labeling your essay parts on a scratch sheet of paper?
I can ask for a scratch sheet of paper? Wow!
It reminds you how pretty your scratch paper looks
I dont need a scratch paper. I got this!
It reminds of you of the stucture when your ready
24
Identify the figurative language used in this sentence: Love is slow torture.
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
25
Identify the figurative language used in this sent: You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
26
Revise/Edit: Maybe they would be able to get more people at them student council meeting.
Change get to gets
Change them to their
Make no change
Change they to he
27
What type of essay will you be writing on the English II STAAR?
Personal Narrative
Standup Routine
Persuasive
Expository
28
Yellowstone National Park has more than a hundred different species, and many different rivers.
Persuasive
Expository
29
Identify the figurative language used in this sentence:A dark river of hair runs down her back.
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
30
You need to invest your money while you are young, or else you may never be able to retire.
Expository
Persuasive
31
What do the two reasons in a thesis become in an essay?
The two body paragraphs
The conclusion
The whole essay
The introduction
32
Revise/Edit: At lunch I want to send time with my friends. We talk.
<p>No change is needed, the sentences are fine.</p>
At lunch I want to spend time with my friends who talk.
At lunch I want to send time with my friends, we talk.
At lunch I want to spend time talking with my friends.
33
Identify the figurative language: Sally said to me that Peter put the roses on the table.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Metaphor
34
Quit wasting time, or you will get left behind.
Persuasive
Expository
35
Identify the figurative lang. used in this sent:The candle winked at me from the bedside table.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Personification
36
Identify the figurative lang. used in this sent:The car zoomed past the people at the bus stop.
Simile
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
37
Revise/Edit ____ Jake and Mariela have to worktonight?
Don't
Doesn't
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What is editing?
<p>Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.</p>
<p>Reading over your paper once</p>
Moving around sentences to make a paper more organized
<p>Making sure that you start your paper with a question</p>
39
Identify the figurative language: Your future is as bright as the sun.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
metaphor
simile
40
Revise/Edit That was a ____ good milkshake.
really
real
41
Revise/Edit: Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom.
Change later to latter
Change speakers to speaker's
Make no change
Change and to that
42
Why is it important to read the questions on a reading selection first?
It helps me better understand what I am about to read
It sets the purpose for the reading
It gives me clues about the story
It aids in comprehension
43
Revise/Edit: "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
44
What part of the essay is the easiest to do on the STAAR test?
<p>Examples/ Details</p>
<p>Hook/ Grabber</p>
Thesis
Topic Sentence
45
Revise/Edit Of the three sweaters, I like the red one____.
best
better
