EOC STAAR PREP ENGLISH I

Katy wants to create a more effective thesis statement for her paper.
Which of the following could replace sentence 4 and more accurately convey the thesis of this paper?

• Fearing life in the city, they chose a more rural existence in a big yellow school bus.
• This couple didn’t have to, but they decided that a bus is what they wanted to have.
• This young couple lives in a uniquely converted school bus that they have affectionately named Rosie.
• Instead of a normal dwelling, they have chosen a vehicle—something quite rare, strange, and out of the norm.

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How should sentence 4 be changed?

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• Delete so
• Change was to am
• Change estatic to ecstatic
• Sentence 4 should not be changed.

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What change is needed in sentence 9?
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• Delete Although
• Change to old to too old
• Delete the comma
• Change cheeks to cheek’s

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

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What is the correct way to write sentence 13?
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• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke, and it was obvious. That she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.
• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke it was obvious that she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.
• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke. Which made it obvious that she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.
• For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke. It was obvious that she was no happier about the arrangement than I was.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

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What change should be made in sentence 31?

• Change We to Because we
• Insert a comma after surprised
• Change became to become
• Sentence 31 should not be changed.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

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How should sentence 4 be changed?
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• Change is to was
• Change found to it is found
• Change Coral Reefs to coral reefs
• Sentence 4 should not be changed.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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What change needs to be made in sentence 7?
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• Change than to then
• Insert a comma after hold
• Change is to are
• No change needs to be made in this sentence.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

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What change needs to be made in sentence 15?
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• Change become to became
• Change they’re to their
• Delete so
• Change it to them

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What change needs to be made in sentence 21?
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• Change affects to effects
• Change is dangerous to are dangerous
• Delete the comma after work
• Change lives to lifes

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