STAAR Reminders
You can do this when you don't know a word on the STAAR test.
What is look it up in the dictionary or use context clues?
You are writing this when the instructions are long in a writing prompt.
What is an ECR?
The difference between argumentative writing and informational writing.
What is:
Argumentative tries to persuade the audience while informational just presents the facts?
This is when you make a comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The error in this sentence:
The team celebrated their victory, it was a hard-fought win.
What is a comma splice?
This is the most important thing you can do when taking your STAAR test to actually answer questions correctly.
What is READ THE PASSAGES?
You are writing this when the instructions are short in a writing prompt.
What is an SCR?
What you need to address in an argumentative ECR. What people might disagree with.
What is a counterclaim/ counterargument?
Type of figurative language being used here:
She is as fast as lightning.
What is a simile?
The error in this sentence:
Running through the park, the trees looked beautiful.
What is a misplaced modifier?
This helps you get a good score on your ECR. It is why they give you a piece of scratch paper.
What is plan or prewrite?
This is a sentence at the beginning of the paragraph that lets your reader know what the paragraph is going to be about.
What is a topic sentence?
The acronym used to remember types of evidence.
What is CAFESQuIDD?
Type of figurative language being used here:
The house groaned with every gust of wind.
What is personification?
The piece of punctuation you need before AND after an appositive phrase.
What are two commas?
This is the meal you should eat before coming to school and taking your STAAR test.
What is breakfast?
The last sentence of your introduction that reveals your argument/thoughts/claim.
What is a thesis statement?
When a student is reading an article about the effects of social media on the younger generation, this is the type of writing they are reading.
What is informational?
Type of figurative language being used here:
I'm going to cry my eyes out later tonight.
What is a hyperbole?
The error in this sentence:
So far, my kid's ECRs are not that bad!
What is the apostrophe needs to be moved after the 's'?
This is an example of what?
When we are done with the STAAR test, we don't have any more work to do.
What is A LIE?
The type of ECR this prompt wants you to write:
Explain how watching a movie on the big screen affects the viewer’s brain and emotions.
What is an informational ECR?
When a student is reading an article on why people should not have a phone before the age of 15, they are reading this type of writing.
What is argumentative?
Literary device used here:
The hamburger was so tempting. It was the forbidden fruit in the middle of my workday.
What is an allusion?
The error in this sentence:
Since I already graduated high school, I don't have to take a STAAR test; Those tests are not fun.
What is the 't' in THOSE does not need to be capitalized?