Dictionary Use
Miscellaneous
Revising and Editing
Story Characters
Author Techniques
100
The criminal was given impunity after testifying. What does the word "impunity" mean?
What is without punishment?
100
Get 8 hours of sleep the night before, eat a good breakfast, have a positive attitude, stay awake and focused, and use a dictionary when I don't understand a word.
What can I do to prepare for the STAAR test?
100
What is the problem in this sentence? I love to eat burritos corndogs and cotton candy at the fair.
What is missing commas? (I love to eat burritos, corndogs, and cotton candy at the fair.)
100
Luke, a shepherd, circles the flock and scans for danger. This sentence shows that Luke is a) confused b) happy c) cautious d) impatient
What is c?
100
What is it called when an author has characters speaking in a story?
What is dialogue?
200
The word autograph has the greek root "graph". Graph means...
What is write or draw?
200
Cookies are a necessary food item in your life. First, they taste amazing, like sweet nectar that warms your tummy. Second, they come in all kinds of flavors. Even if you are a picky eater, there is surely a type of cookie that will please you. Finally, cookies make you happy. If you decide not to eat cookies, you will be miserable and cranky for the rest of your life. Eat them now! What is the author's purpose?
What is to persuade the reader?
200
What is the problem in this sentence? Turnips are good for you; but they taste yucky.
What is a semicolon? Turnips are good for you, but they taste yucky. Turnips are good for you; they taste yucky.
200
In the story, The Three Little Pigs, the wolf is the antagonist who tries to eat the three innocent pig brothers. In real life, a wolf would attack a pig, not because he was evil, but because he was...
What is hungry?
200
What is it called when an author uses words that makes the reader use their senses?
What is imagery?
300
Most songs have an interlude. This is a piece of music that connects a verse to the chorus. If "lude" means "tune", then "inter" means...
What is between?
300
Brushing your teeth is very important. Some do not know the proper way to accomplish this task. First, you put a dime size amount of toothpaste on a toothbrush. Brush the top right side of your teeth, in a circular motion, all over the teeth. After 20 seconds, switch to the top left side of your teeth and repeat. Repeat four more times with the rest of your teeth. When done brushing, rinse your mouth clean with water. Make sure to clean the brush as well! You're finished! You now have beautiful, clean teeth. The author's purpose is to...
What is to explain to the reader?
300
What is the problem with this sentence? To be the greatest runner in the world.
What is a fragment?
300
What is it called when the audience knows something that the character does not?
What is dramatic irony?
300
Is this sentence a simile or a metaphor? When she walks by, her perfume smells like a bouquet of roses.
What is a simile?
400
The suffix -ment means "time". Knowing this information, what does "merriment" mean?
What is merry time, happy time, or a time when you are feeling merry?
400
Identify the kind of passage you see below (reading or revising/editing): 1 The woman turned the key in the ignition, but the 2 engine did not turn over. She had never been so scared 3 in her life. How on Earth would she ever get there in 4 time now? She opened the car door and prepared to 5 walk.
What is a revising and editing passage?
400
What is the problem with this sentence? In order to be the greatest runner in the world, you have to spend a lot of time working out with weights, cross-training in other sports, and eating right, and also you have to make sure you get enough sleep and take vitamins and drink a lot of water every day.
What is a run-on sentence?
400
What is the name for an object that represents something more than itself?
What is a symbol?
400
Which of the following is a good hook? a) Once upon a time, there were three bears. b) She had never seen anything like it before in her life. c) I think that students should not have to wear school uniforms.
What is answer choice B?
500
The first Transcontinental Railroad was built in 1869. The railroad spanned the entire U.S. from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Trans- means...
What is across or beyond?
500
The three things that must be included in an introduction of a STAAR essay:
What are the hook, transition sentence, and thesis sentence?
500
What is the problem with this sentence? In order to be a great runner and take home a medal, make sure every night at exactly the same time.
What is a fragment?
500
What is it called when a character has a memory of an event that occurred in the past?
What is a flashback?
500
What is it called when the author gives you a hint about an event that is about to occur in a story?
What is foreshadowing?
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