E2 STAAR Blitz Day 6: Paired

Multiple Choice

What is one similarity between the excerpt from Diamond Boy and “Conscious”?

• Both selections portray characters slipping into depression.

• Both selections discuss people reuniting with family members.

• Both selections describe the confusion felt when regaining consciousness.

• Both selections explore a person’s fear of their immediate surroundings.

Multiple Choice

The reader can infer that both Patson from Diamond Boy and the speaker from “Conscious” have -

• experienced the loss of a family member

• suffered some form of injury

• developed fever and chills due to an illness

• lost all hope due to a life-threatening experience

Dropdown

The word worthless is not the most appropriate word to use in sentence 3.

Select the word that should replace worthless in this sentence.





Arguing with my father was​

Select answer

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Open Ended

What should a reader do to make connections across genres?

Open Ended

What connection can you make between these two pictures?

Open Ended

What connection can you make between these two selections?