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A review for the EOC II
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1
Peter picks a peck of pickle peppers.
<p>Metaphor </p>
Idiom
Alliteration
Simile
2
What is revising?
Moving around sentences and ideas to organize a writing
Reading over your paper once
<p>Rewriting the whole paper</p>
Correcting punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.
3
Your future is as bright as the sun.
metaphor
onomatopoeia
<p>alliteration</p>
simile
4
You can't have your cake and eat it, too.
Idiom
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
5
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Alliteration
Idiom
Oxymoron
Simile
6
Do you want to go to the beach with my sister and ______?
I
me
7
The boy told his teacher that he did not perform ____ in the concert because he was sick.
good
well
8
I often think of Andra and ____.
she
her
9
That was a ____ good milkshake.
real
really
10
"I'm going to die from all this homework!"
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
Idiom
11
Why hadn't the rest of the students came today?
Make no change
Change hadn't to didn't
Change came to come
Change why to when
12
The candle winked at me from the bedside table.
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Simile
13
He runs like a cheetah.
Oxymoron
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
14
A committee ____ policy in all matters of evaluation.
determine
determines
15
____ Jake and Mariela have to worktonight?
Doesn't
Don't
16
We, the entire student body, ____ the school colors to remain red and blue.
wants
want
17
Why do we not start our papers with a question?
It will make Farah want to vomit
It is a grave and deadly sin
It is a weak device that lets our readers "check out" on us
It is a very stupid thing to do.
18
Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom.
Change later to latter
Change and to that
Make no change
Change speakers to speaker's
19
Then maybe they would be able to get more people at them student council meeting.
Change get to gets
Change they to he
Make no change
Change them to their
20
Last night I worked on my project at my friend Mirandas house.
The sentence is fine, leave it as is
add an apostrophe before the s in Mirandas
Add an apostrophe after the s in Mirandas
change my to myself
21
"Get away from me", she said in a loud whisper.
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
Oxymoron
22
The car zoomed past the people at the bus stop.
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
23
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 talking with my friends.
At lunch I want to send time with my friends, we talk.
At lunch I want to spend time with my friends who talk.
24
Of the three sweaters, I like the red one____.
best
better
25
What part of the essay do we start first on the STAAR test?
Topic Sentence
Thesis
<p>Examples/ Details</p>
<p>Hook/ Grabber</p>
26
What must every paragraph start with?
Examples/ Details
Grabber/ Hook
Thesis
Topic Sentence
27
Love is slow torture.
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
28
The engine screamed as it worked to get uphill.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
29
A dark river of hair runs down her back.
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
30
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
Sadly, I walked, home.
Sadly I walked home.
Sadly I walked, home.
Sadly, I walked home.
31
Sally said to me that Peter put the roses on the table.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
32
She looked at me and sadly smiled.
Simile
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
33
But what if the announcements are exciting.
Change exciting to exiting
Make no change
Change are to is
Change the period to a question mark
34
The wind kissed my face as I sat outside reading my book.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
35
"They're not here because they forgot about the meeting" she said.
Shange she to they
Change They're to Their
Make no change
Insert a comma after meeting
36
What is editing?
<p>Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.</p>
Moving around sentences to make a paper more organized
<p>Making sure that you start your paper with a question</p>
<p>Reading over your paper once</p>