Literary Terms
Revising and Editing
Commonly Misused
STAAR Writing Strategies
STAAR Reading Strategies
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Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers is what type of figurative language.
alliteration
100

"SpongeBob often neglects his pet snail Gary but he loves him very much." In this sentence, the comma should be placed here.

FANBOY
100
A serious play or drama typically dealing with the problems of a central character, leading to an unhappy or disastrous ending. Ex: Romeo and Juliet
Tragedy
100
What's the first thing you do when you get a writing prompt?
Acceptable answers include: read the whole thing, highlight and underline, looking for: dissect the prompt
100
What's the first thing you highlight in a STAAR passage?
The title
200
A comparison using like or as
simile
200
Tlk 2 u l8er
Talk to you later!
200
Give me two lines of dialogue in a drama. Write them down.
Answers will vary.
200
What does ACCE stand for?
If you don't know by now I'm gonna cry
200
What are some reading tools/strategies to use when reading STAAR passages?
Stop and jot, infer, highlight, analyze, summarize, hashtag, reread, make predicitons, chunk, as yourself questions, think aloud, locate key words, ask yourself questions, use context clues
300
Giving human traits to non human things
personification
300
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey whuts up?
Hey, what's up?
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Instructions written in a play that indicate actions, movements, and emotions an actor should be expressing throughout. Usually in brackets. Ex: [Sandra is looking at Tom. She is wearing a brown hat, and is holding Tom's hand. Both are conversing in a park.] Sandra: Thanks for the wonderful suprise. Tom: [smiles] It is because I love you darling.
Stage Directions
300
What is an easy way to write your thesis statement? (hint: it's on the page)
Take it from the prompt
300
Explain chunking a passage
answers will vary
400
The sun smiled over the city on this hot & scorching summer day. What type or type of figurative language might this be?
Imagery and Personification
400
i hope i never have to edit anything ever again its so boring
I hope I never have to edit anything ever again because it's so boring.
400
A play is mostly written using what type of writing?
Dialogue
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What's an easy way to avoid repeating the same words over and over again?
WORD BANK!
400
What is the meaning of infer or inference? A. Summarizing B. Drawing conclusions, a logical guess, what you can tell from a piece of literature C. Meaning of the story
B. Drawing conclusions, a logical guess, what you can tell from a piece of literature.
500

"Chicken patty day is the best day ever--period. It trumps Christmas, Independence Day, and even the last day of school. I live for chicken patty day!!!"

Hyperbole
500

"Pizza should be considered one of the four basic food groups it is viewed as a complete meal by many Americans. There are a large variety of toppings, and most are tasty. You can get pizza at a restaurant, at the grocery store, or you can make it yourself." Determine which sentence is wrong and correct it.

"Pizza should be considered one of the four basic food groups, and it is viewed as a complete meal by many Americans."

Some others as well

500
A term when a character expresses his or her inner thoughts to the audience and does not intend for other to listen.
Soliloquy
500

Write a thesis statements using one of the following topics. 1. Write an essay explaining the positive effects of technology. 2. Write an essay explaining why it is important to laugh. 3. Write an essay explaining the positive effects of video games.

answers vary
500
Why do we stop & jot?
answers will vary
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