English 1 STAAR Review

What is the meaning of impediment in this sentence? “In comparison, the existing political establishment looks more and more like an impediment to change.”

• establishment

• speech defect

• short-cut

• obstacle

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IV

Which definition below matches the meaning of unhinged in the following quote: "The Green New Deal (GND)... has provoked a wildly unhinged backlash from the “pro free market” wing“

• a door that has been removed from its hinges

• deranged, upset

• hearty

• balanced

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VII

Choose the sentence below that is free from errors.

• Todays children, as they become more politically aware, will be much more radical than there parents, because there will be no other choice for them.

• Today’s children, as they become more politically aware, will be much more radical than their parents, because they're will be no other choice for them.

• Today’s children, as they become more politically aware, will be much more radical than they're parents, b/c because there will be no other choice for them.

• Today’s children, as they become more politically aware, will be much more radical than their parents, because there will be no other choice for them.

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.X

Which sentence below is free from errors?

• Climate change is the result of are current economic and industrial system.

• Climate change has the result of our current economic and industrial system.

• Climate change were the result of our current economic and industrial system.

• Climate change is the result of our current economic and industrial system.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

The author uses the quotation below to encourage readers to take action on climate change. What kind of rhetorical appeal is this?

"Many of today’s climate strikers won’t even be 30 by the time the 1.5C deadline comes around in 2030. They are asking us to consider a simple question: is their future worth more than preserving our reputations?"

• Astrological, our fate lies in the stars

• Ethical, it asks its audience to consider the right thing to do

• Logical, it offers its audience logical reasons

• Emotional, it addresses the feelings of its audience

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

The sequence of events in a (play, story, novel, or text)

• mood

• plot

• setting

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TEKS.ELA.4.11D.II

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.II

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.II

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.II

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.II

Helps prove your point or claim.

• support
• theme
• point of view

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

CCSS.W.9-10.9

What resources do you have available to you during the STAAR test?

• a grammar textbook

• your phone

• google

• a dictionary & thesaurus

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.X

What is the purpose of expository writing?

• to explain or inform
• to tell a story
• to persuade
• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2

Personification

• comparing two things using like or as

• giving non-living things human characteristics

• symbolization

• saying something that you don't mean

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4