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