STAAR English Revision

For your STAAR Composition, what is the formula when developing your topic sentence?

• prompt + reason 1 + because...

• example 1 + your concrete details

• quote + explanation

• quote + opinion

What are examples of figurative language? Click all that apply

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• evidence

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figurative language that appeals to one or more of the five senses (touch, sight, smell, taste, hearing) is...

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What makes a complete sentence?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

____ is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

• Simile

• allusion

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Where do your topic sentences go in your Expository Essay?

___ is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.

• main idea

• thesis

• theme

• mood

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When do you use the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)?

• At the end of most sentences

• At the begining of a sentence

• It's complicated

• When joining two sentences to make a compound sentence

• When joining two things together

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Fill in the blank: An information text must have a ___ at the beginning and must follow with ____.

• main idea; opinion

• thesis; dialogue

• thesis; supporting evidence

• theme; supporting evidences

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

___ is a figure of speech that compares two usually different things. The comparison uses "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• imagery

• idiom

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3