LITERARY DEVICES
ENGLISH I STAAR
ESSAY
STRATEGIES
REVISE/EDIT
100
When a writer gives human qualities to a non-human thing or animal.
What is personification?
100
The date the STAAR test for English I will be on.
What is April 10th?
100
The sentence that provides your opinion and that guides your paper.
What is the thesis (or thesis statement, or thematic statement)?
100
Jotting down your thoughts about a topic prior to completing a pre-write
What is brainstorming?
100
What you must do to correct the following: Mrs Jackson added bread eggs and milk to her grocery list
What is punctuate? (Add periods after "Mrs" and at the end. Add commas after "bread" and "eggs."
200
When a writer repeats words, phrases or ideas to suit his purpose
What is repetition?
200
The written portion of the test.
What is an expository essay?
200
When given a prompt that offers a choice, what graphic organizer will help you decide which side to take?
What is a shape sheet?
200
On the writing section, I should look at this part before reading the quotation provided.
What is the prompt?
200
The correct pronoun to use in the following sentence: He/Him and Javier went to the movies.
What is he?
300
The main point of a selection is the _____.
What is theme?
300
When I don't know the definition of a word.
What is use a dictionary?
300
What do you need to do to check for capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling?
What is proofread?
300
Making notes and summaries int he margin of a text
What is annotation?
300
The two words needing a semi-colon to separate them in the following sentence: I have saved $2000. since starting my part-time job I plan to use it for a down payment on a new car.
What are "job" and "I"?
400
The reason a writer writes is called the author's _______.
What is purpose?
400
A book and a snack.
What is things I should bring with me to the test?
400
Restating my thesis and adding a final thought.
What is a conclusion?
400
The order I must complete the different sections of the test?
What is whatever order I choose?
400
The change that needs to made in the following sentence: Mary have no idea what to wear to the dance.
What is change "have" to "has"?
500
The point of view offered in the following: "Mary had twelve little lambs and she loved each and every one."
What is third person?
500
I will take my time and try my best.
What how I will take the STAAR ELA I?
500
A paragraph that includes a personal example.
What is the body paragraph?
500
What I need to do when I get tired during the test and I lose focus.
What is take a break?
500
I wanna see the new horror movie, so Jacob and I are gonna go tonight.
What is change "wanna" and "gonna" to "want to" and "going to."
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