English II STAAR

Which is the BEST way to ensure your reader understands why your reasons support your thesis?

• Provide as many examples as you can.

• Provide good concrete details and commentary.

• Provide the reader with examples that speak for themselves.

• Provide a long conclusion to explain the examples.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

When writing an EOC-style persuasive essay, how should you BEST end your essay?

• Try to fill up the whole space and stop when you do.

• You should write a counter-argument and restate your thesis.

• You should make sure that you write an entire conclusion.

• You should just rewrite your thesis. You should just rewrite your thesis.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitional word or phrase?

• As an example

• He said

• Likewise

• On the other hand

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is LEAST important on the essay?

• Planning an essay.

• Providing good examples and support.

• Polishing your essay.

• Writing a full introduction and conclusion.

How much do you know about the STAAR English Tests?

• Expert- Very Knowledgeable

• Advanced- Almost Everything

• Intermediate- A little bit

• Novice- Nothing Really

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work is its...

• theme

• personification

• author's purpose

• tone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's attitude conveyed by a piece of literature is...

• theme

• tone

• author's purpose

• main idea

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When joining two sentences together, what goes before the subordinating conjunction?

• comma

• period

• semicolon

• colon

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

On the reading section, I should...

• Just start reading and skim through the boring parts

• Don't read the whole passage, just go question by question

• Read and annotate the passage

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which strategies can you use when answering multiple-choice questions?

• Read question and circle, highlight, or underline key words.

• Make notes in the margins

• Justify your answers with evidence from the text.

• All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10