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Literary Devices
Essay
Grammar
Miscellaneous
100
Affect or Effect?

The medicine had a dizzying _____ on me.

What is EFFECT?
100
In literature, this is something that represents something else.
What is a symbol?
100
The "promise" of an essay
What is a thesis?
100
Who or what a sentence is about
What is the subject?
100
alot OR a lot? Spell your response.
What is A (space) LOT
200
A "sentence" that is missing either a subject or a verb
What is a fragment?
200
The author's message behind his/her story.
What is a theme?
200

This word or phrase "ushers" the reader into the next paragraph or section of an essay.

What is a TRANSITION?
200

Interrupting others is a bad habit.

This verbal is a ______

What is a gerund?
200
You should do this task first when you start taking the STAAR test.
What is the essay?
300
Correct or incorrect?

The student stayed up all night, he was sleepy in class the next day.

What is incorrect?
300
The way the author makes the reader feel
What is mood?
300
This means "to explain"
What is expository?
300

Whenever I eat peanuts, I start sneezing.

The italicized portion is this kind of clause.

What is dependent OR subordinating?
300

This is another word for the "argument" or "position statement" of a persuasive essay.

What is claim?
400
When joining two independent clauses, you can use either THIS or THIS.
What is a comma + FANBOYS or a semi-colon?
400

The point of view where the narrator knows all the other characters' thoughts and motivations.

What is omniscient?
400
This "tricky" part of an essay echoes the thesis.
What is the conclusion?
400

Prepositional phrase or infinitive?

I like to go to the movies.

What is a prepositional phrase?
400
True or false?

The STAAR test passages and questions get harder the further you get into the test.

What is true?
500
Correct or incorrect?


I've worked hard in class all year; therefore, I'm confident about the STAAR test.

What is correct?
500
When the reader expects one thing but gets the total opposite instead
What is irony?
500
Use this "menu" to think of ways to elaborate on the two reasons in an essay.
What is Cafe Squidd?
500
To + a verb is called this.
What is an infinitive?
500
You have this much time to complete the STAAR test.
What is 5 hours?
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