STAAR TEST
There are how many Revise & Edit questions on the STAAR Test?
What is 18?
9 Revise & 9 Edit = 18
The type of essay that you will write.
What is "persuasive essay"?
(1) I had always dreamed of having my own car by the time I was 18, so I launched a vigorous campaign as soon as I turned 17. (2) I began presenting evidence to prove that owning my own automobile is a good idea.
1. What change should be made in
sentence 2?
Change evidence to evidense
Change prove to proof
Change my to her
Change is to was
Change is to was
When completing the editing section of the STAAR, which type of answer choice is the easiest to pick or eliminate at the start of the test?
What is spelling?
These are used to combine sentences.
What is a semicolon or , FANBOYS.
The essay is worth this many points.
What is 16?
Two graders x (max score = 4)
counted twice.
In the strategy for Iwrite-This must be included in your introduction.
What is thesis/position statement?
(5) Another day I added “Have you noticed that I’m always home on time when I borrow your car? (6) Have you noticed that I keep the gas tank filled?”
2. What change, if any, should be made
in sentence 5?
Insert a comma after added
Change that to it
Change borrow to borrowed
Make no change
Insert a comma after added
2) I soon realized I had a red piranha, a fish normally found in South America.(13) I learned that many states have outlawed the sale of piranhas because experts worry that people will tire of it and release the fish into local waterways.
2. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
Change have outlawed to has outlawed
Change worry to worrying
Change it to them
Make no change
What is ...Change it to them? Pronoun Agreement
This is what you will find in a complex sentence.
A dependent clause (and a comma) if at the beginning of a sentence.
This is the total percentage the "writing" portion of the STAAR is worth.
What is 50 percent?
In the strategy for Iwrite, this must be included in your body paragraph.
What is... an example that is specific and well chosen and supports your thesis?
(8) “Don’t you like for me to set goals and achieve them?” I asked quite frequent.
3. What change, if any, should be made
in sentence 8?
Change them to it
Change quite to quiet
Change frequent to frequently
Make no change
Change frequent to frequently
(17) I assured her that the piranha’s reputation for being bloodthirsty it was undeserved.
4. What change should be made in sentence 17?
Change reputation to Reputation
Delete it
Change was to were
Change undeserved to underserved
What is "Delete it"?
This is a tool that will help you on the STAAR test?
What is Dictionary or highlighter tool.
This is the total # of multiple choice questions on the STAAR test.
What is 52?
This is included in your conclusion.
What is "Call to Action" or "restate your thesis"?
(11) I asked Uncle Ray and Aunt Ellen to accompany me because they are my families shrewdest consumers.
5. What change, if any, should be made
in sentence 11?
Change accompany to acompany
Change families to family’s
Change shrewdest to most shrewdest
Make no change
Change families to family’s
(28) “Piranhas are high-maintenance fish,” Reuben said, “but this ones worth it because he’s a beauty.”
7. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 28?
Change the comma after fish to a period
Delete the quotation marks before but
Change ones to one’s
Make no change
Change ones to one’s
The acronym STAAR means ...
What is State Assessment of Academic Readiness?
This is the actual date of your English 2 STAAR Test.
What is April 7th, 2022?
These are the 3 persuasive appeals.
What is Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
(26) "With that in mind, I think you’d better go with the blue sedan which is a smarter investment.”8. What change is needed in sentence 26?
Delete comma after mind
Insert a comma after sedan
Change smarter to smartest
Delete the quotation marks at the end of the sentence
Insert a comma after sedan
31) My mom was ecstatic to have her bathtub back.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 31?
Insert she after mom
Change ecstatic to ecstatically
Insert a comma after bathtub
Make no change
Make no change
You will find this in a compound complex sentence.
What is a dependent clause (followed by a comma if at the beginning of the sentence) and a comma FANBOYS or semicolon.