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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
Sally said to me that Peter put the roses on the table.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Oxymoron
2
The candle winked at me from the bedside table.
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
3
Of the three sweaters, I like the red one____.
best
better
4
Yellowstone National Park has more than a hundred different species, and many different rivers.
Persuasive
Expository
5
We, the entire student body, ____ theschool colors to remain red and blue.
want
wants
6
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
Add an apostrophe after the s in Mirandas
change my to myself
7
Then maybe they would be able to get more people at them student council meeting.
Change get to gets
Make no change
Change they to he
Change them to their
8
Why do we not start our papers with a question?
It is a weak device that lets our readers "check out" on us
It will make Mr. Bowlen want to vomit
It is a grave and deadly sin
It is a very stupid thing to do.
9
What part of the essay do we start first on the STAAR test?
Thesis
<p>Examples/ Details</p>
Topic Sentence
<p>Hook/ Grabber</p>
10
You need to invest your money while you are young, or else you may never be able to retire.
Expository
Persuasive
11
A committee ____ policy in all matters ofevaluation.
determines
determine
12
Quit wasting time, or you will get left behind.
Expository
Persuasive
13
You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Idiom
14
I often think of Andra and ____.
she
her
15
What type of essay will you be writing on the English II STAAR?
Persuasive
Expository
Standup Routine
Personal Narrative
16
He runs like a cheetah.
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Idiom
Simile
17
The wind kissed my face as I sat outside reading my book.
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
18
Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom.
Change speakers to speaker's
Change and to that
Make no change
Change later to latter
19
What is editing?
<p>Making sure that you start your paper with a question</p>
Moving around sentences to make a paper more organized
<p>Reading over your paper once</p>
<p>Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.</p>
20
The car zoomed past the people at the bus stop.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Oxymoron
21
"I'm going to die from all this homework!"
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metaphor
Alliteration
22
But what if the announcements are exciting.
Change exciting to exiting
Change are to is
Make no change
Change the period to a question mark
23
Do you want to go to the beach with my sister and ______?
me
I
24
"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
25
She looked at me and sadly smiled.
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Simile
26
"Get away from me", she said in a loud whisper.
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Idiom
27
Peter picks a peck of pickle peppers.
Idiom
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
28
At lunch I want to send time with my friends. We talk.
At lunch I want to send time with my friends, we talk.
No change is needed, the sentences are fine.
At lunch I want to spend time with my friends who talk.
At lunch I want to spend time talking with my friends.
29
A dark river of hair runs down her back.
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
30
Your future is as bright as the sun.
onomatopoeia
metaphor
alliteration
simile
31
What must every paragraph start with?
Topic Sentence
Examples/ Details
Grabber/ Hook
Thesis
32
Until you visit Yellowstone National Park, you haven't lived.
Persuasive
Expository
33
What is revising?
Moving around sentences and ideas to organize a writing
Correcting punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.
<p>Rewriting the whole paper</p>
Reading over your paper once
34
The engine screamed as it worked to get uphill.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
35
____ Jake and Mariela have to worktonight?
Don't
Doesn't
36
That was a ____ good milkshake.
real
really
37
Why hadn't the rest of the students came today?
Make no change
Change why to when
Change hadn't to didn't
Change came to come
38
The boy told his teacher that he did notperform ____ in the concert because hewas sick.
good
well
39
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
Sadly, I walked, home.
Sadly I walked, home.
Sadly, I walked home.
Sadly I walked home.
40
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Idiom
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Simile
41
Love is slow torture.
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor