STAAR ECR Review

Select Two Answers: The STAAR ECR is also called an...?

• Essay

• Composition

• Research Paper

• Dissertation

A type of essay that requires you to write in the form of a letter is called...?

• Argumentative

• Persuasive

• Informational

• Correspondence

When typing, use the _____ button on the keyboard to create indentations for each paragraph.

• Backspace

• Enter

• Capslock

• TAB

What kind of hook should you use in the Introduction of an ECR?

• Quotation

• Fact

• Simile

• Summary

How many paragraphs should you have in total on a STAAR ECR?

• You don't need paragraphs in an ECR

• 2

• 4

• 1

True or False: It is okay to type your essay without a plan or outline.

• True

• False

Argumentative thesis statements require which AAAWWUBBIS word?

• Although

• For

• Until

• As

The Hook and Thesis make up the _______ of an ECR.

• Introduction
• Body Paragraph

• Conclusion

• Argument

True or False: Transition words should be used to start the 1st body paragraph and 2nd body paragraph.

• True

• False

What is missing in the Thesis Formula: Thesis = Topic + _______ + Reason 1 + and + Reason 2.

• Because

• Although

• Reason 3

• Argument