Duplicate of STAAR Review Eng II

What type of essay will you be writing on the English II STAAR?

You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

The wind kissed my face as I sat outside reading my book.

What is editing?

"Get away from me," she said in a loud whisper.

Why hadn't the rest of the students came today?

A dark river of hair runs down her back.

Last night I worked on my project at my friend Mirandas house.

The car zoomed past the people at the bus stop.

She looked at me and sadly smiled.

Your future is as bright as the sun.

We, the entire student body, ____ the school colors to remain red and blue.

At lunch I want to send time with my friends.  We talk.

He runs like a cheetah.

"I'm going to die from all this homework!"

Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom.

Love is slow torture.

The candle winked at me from the bedside table.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A committee ____ policy in all matters of evaluation.

Sally said to me that Peter put the roses on the table.

What must every paragraph start with?

Do you want to go to the beach with my sister and ______?

____ Jake and Mariela have to work tonight?

Then maybe they would be able to get more people at them student council meeting.

"They're not here because they forgot about the meeting" she said.

Of the three sweaters, I like the red one____.

But what if the announcements are exciting.

Peter picks a peck of pickle peppers.

The boy told his teacher that he did not perform ____ in the concert because he was sick.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

The engine screamed as it worked to get uphill.

I often think of Andra and ____.

That was a ____ good milkshake.

Mrs. Hughes is pregnant with . . .

What is revising?