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English 1 STAAR Review #staar #english #english1 #grammar #writing #figurativelanguage
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What needs to be changed: "Martha picks up her glasses and put them on."
No changes needed
Add a comma after "glasses"
"Put" should be "puts"
"Picks up" should be "lifted"
2
"If you want peace, you must prepare for war" contains what kind of figurative language?
Oxymoron
Irony
Paradox
Metaphor
3
"Monica is a disgustingly beautiful woman" contains what type of figurative language?
Oxymoron
Allusion
Simile
Paradox
4
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is shown through imagery, tone through dialogue
They are the same thing
Mood is how the author feels, tone is how the reader feels
Tone is how the author feels, mood is how the reader feels
5
Sentence Type: "Lisbeth stole the information, and she emailed it to her contacts."
Compound-Complex
Complex
Compound
Simple
6
What should be changed: "I have a problem: my cats destroyed my bridesmaid's dress!"
"Bridesmaid's" should be "bride's maids"
"my" should be capitalized
The colon should be a semicolon
No change necessary
7
"Randall stayed up so late studying that he overslept and missed school" has what fig. lang.?
Irony
Allusion
Oxymoron
Paradox
8
What needs to be changed: "Frodo only had one question, how could he get to Mordor?"
Question mark should be a period
No changes necessary
Comma should be a colon
Comma should be a semicolon
9
What is the most important sentence of any essay?
Last sentence
First sentence
Thesis
Evidence
10
What kinds of examples should you use in your essay as evidence?
You don't need examples
Hypothetical
Specific
Fake
11
What is the theme of a text?
The summary
The attitude the author has about the subject
The lesson or message
The music that would match it
12
What should be changed: "Love is blind, hate is deaf."
Replace the comma with a colon
Remove the comma
Replace the comma with a semicolon
No change is necessary
13
The way an author/poet/playwright phrases his or her work.
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Inversion
Diction
14
What type of figurative language: "The dander in the dusty den danced in Denny's nose."
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
15
What should be changed: "Lisa went to her car and she put her coat on the seat."
Add a semicolon after "car"
Add a comma after "and"
Add a comma after "car"
No changes needed
16
What should be changed: "Hermione dropped the crystal ball; and it rolled to Trelawney's feet."
No changes are necessary
the semicolon should be a comma
the semicolon should be a colon
"and" should be "then"
17
A group of lines in a poem that form a single unit.
Couplet
Poem
Iamb
Stanza
18
"His nose was so red that everyone called him Rudolph" contains what figurative language?
Paradox
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
19
What kind of essay do you write for the English 1 STAAR?
Short Answer
Persuasive
Literary Analysis
Expository
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What type of figurative language: "Lara was a vicious hornet when she was angry."
Simile
Irony
Personification
Metaphor
