TAKS Reading
TAKS Reading
Revising and Editing
The Composition Essay(Personal Narrative)
The OERs
100
What is a theme?
The central message the author is trying to convey.
100
What is setting?
Time, place and cultural aspects.
100
What is a comma splice?
A comma misplaced between two independent clauses.
100
What should you never include in your introduction?
A restatement of the prompt.
100
What does A-B-C stand for?
Answer the question, Bring the evidence, Connect the evidence to the answer
200
What should a summary have in it?
The main idea from the beginning, middle and end.
200
What is an internal conflict?
A conflict that a character has within himself.
200
How do you combine two independent clauses?
Use a comma and conjunction or a semicolon.
200
After writing about your experience, what should you always include toward the end?
The lesson learned, what you took, gained, or lost
200
What is an item that asks the test taker to make a connection between the FICTION and INFORMATION pieces?
The crossover OER
300
To figure out tone, what do you look at?
The diction.
300
What is symbolism?
When something stands for or represents something else.
300
What is a transition?
Consequently, Naturally, Meanwhile, However
300
The personal narrative should be written in what verb tense?
What is past tense?
300
What format do you follow to answer the Crossover OER?
A-B-A-B-C
400
The "Triplet" is made up of what three types of documents?
A fiction piece, an informational/expository piece and a visual representation?
400
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.
400
What is a transition used to show contrast?
However, Although, Yet, But, Nevertheless
400
To help show organization, what must you have?
Parargraphs
400
What do you need to place between the Answer and the Evidence?
Embedding or a Transition
500
The three triplet documents are connected by...
Theme
500
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'.
500
What is a complex sentence?
A comma between a subordinate clause and an independent clause.
500
After realizing a few things about your writing yesterday, what can you do to improve your essay? Think of the list.
Sentence structure, sentence variety, avoid repetition, use transitions, avoid 'to be' verbs, avoid beginning the sentence with the same word, avoid dead verbs, use paragraphs
500
What should your very last sentence of the "C" part do?
Like the handle of an umbrella, it should point back up to the answer.
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