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English 1 STAAR Review #staar #english #english1 #grammar #writing #figurativelanguage
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Sentence Type: "If you go to the secret beach, you will find the sea turtles hatching!"
Compound
Complex
Simple
Compound-Complex
2
What tense: "Persephone will be excited about the pomegranate pie."
Past
Future
Present
Present Perfect
3
What kinds of examples should you use in your essay as evidence?
You don't need examples
Hypothetical
Fake
Specific
4
Sentence Type: "Jon cooked the steak while Sam prepared the vegetables."
Compound-Complex
Compound
Simple
Complex
5
What should be changed: "Love is blind, hate is deaf."
No change is necessary
Replace the comma with a colon
Remove the comma
Replace the comma with a semicolon
6
"Monica is a disgustingly beautiful woman" contains what type of figurative language?
Paradox
Oxymoron
Simile
Allusion
7
Kevin is late to school, and his best friend remarks, "Good to see you so bright and early!"
Onomatopoeia
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
8
What tense: "Rhonda cried when her mother brought out the special cake."
Past
Past Perfect
Present
Future
9
Sentence Type: "Lisbeth stole the information, and she emailed it to her contacts."
Compound
Simple
Compound-Complex
Complex
10
What should be changed: "Hermione dropped the crystal ball; and it rolled to Trelawney's feet."
the semicolon should be a comma
No changes are necessary
the semicolon should be a colon
"and" should be "then"
11
What is the theme of a text?
The music that would match it
The summary
The lesson or message
The attitude the author has about the subject
12
Sentence Type: "Bob worked in the kitchen while Gene played his keyboard, and Tina cried."
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Complex
13
Sentence type: "Louisa pirouetted and leapt during the dance recital."
Simple
Compound-Complex
Compound
Complex
14
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is shown through imagery, tone through dialogue
Tone is how the author feels, mood is how the reader feels
They are the same thing
Mood is how the author feels, tone is how the reader feels
15
Romeo sees Juliet in the tomb, beautiful but apparently dead, and kills himself.
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Wrinkly
16
Sentence type: "When I go home, I want to sit on the couch, and I want to eat ice cream."
Compound
Complex
Simple
Compound-Complex
17
What is the most important sentence of any essay?
First sentence
Evidence
Last sentence
Thesis
18
The dictionary meaning of a word.
Connotation
Diction
There is no term for this
Denotation
19
A term that describes when a character makes a speech alone onstage to show his/her thoughts.
Dramatic Irony
Soliloquy
Monologue
Dialogue
20
What needs to be changed: "Frodo only had one question, how could he get to Mordor?"
Question mark should be a period
Comma should be a colon
No changes necessary
Comma should be a semicolon
21
The emotions or implications connected to a word.
Diction
Connotation
Denotation
There is no word for this
22
What type of figurative language: "Lara was a vicious hornet when she was angry."
Metaphor
Irony
Simile
Personification
23
What type of figurative language: "The dander in the dusty den danced in Denny's nose."
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
24
"Randall stayed up so late studying that he overslept and missed school" has what fig. lang.?
Allusion
Irony
Paradox
Oxymoron
25
What should be changed: "Lisa went to her car and she put her coat on the seat."
Add a comma after "and"
Add a semicolon after "car"
Add a comma after "car"
No changes needed
26
"If you want peace, you must prepare for war" contains what kind of figurative language?
Irony
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Paradox
27
Paul closed his marriage counseling practice early so that he could file for divorce.
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Not ironic
28
A dramatic character with noble intentions who is nonetheless destined to fail.
Round Character
Tragic Hero
Hero
Dramatic Irony
29
"The blanket was like a warm cocoon" contains what kind of figurative language?
Metaphor
Allusion
Simile
Personification
30
What should be changed: "I have a problem: my cats destroyed my bridesmaid's dress!"
No change necessary
The colon should be a semicolon
"Bridesmaid's" should be "bride's maids"
"my" should be capitalized
31
"His nose was so red that everyone called him Rudolph" contains what figurative language?
Metaphor
Allusion
Paradox
Simile
32
What kind of essay do you write for the English 1 STAAR?
Expository
Short Answer
Literary Analysis
Persuasive
33
What needs to be changed: "Martha picks up her glasses and put them on."
No changes needed
Add a comma after "glasses"
"Picked up" should be "lifted"
"Put" should be "puts"
34
The way an author/poet/playwright phrases his or her work.
Inversion
Diction
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
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A group of lines in a poem that form a single unit.
Poem
Couplet
Iamb
Stanza
