The TEK(s) of the vocabulary skill that deals with denotation and connotation when considering vocabulary in context.
What is 1B?
100
comparing two unlike objects without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
100
Poetry, drama, and even media literacy falls under this category...
What is literary text?
100
The number of lines given for the essay.
What is 26?
100
The process of "breaking things down" in order to consider how each impacts the entire text or piece.
What is analyze or analysis?
200
The standard that asks you to make and defend subtle inferences about a text and its organizational patterns.
What is 9C
200
The term given to the paragraph or sentence that goes against the writer's position in a persuasive essay.
What is a counterclaim or counterargument?
200
The genre that has a purpose to "give information."
What is informational text?
200
The amount of time students are given on the English STAAR.
What is 5 hours?
200
The final step in the essay writing process is.
What is editing?
300
To make complex inferences using textual evidence to support my understanding refers this standard.
What is Figure 19B
300
A recurring theme, idea, term, or concept in literature that occurs throughout a text.
What is a motif?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Based on the example below, it is clear that the genre present is...
"When I write, I can shake off all my cares." -Anne Franke, Diary of Anne Franke
What is literary nonfiction?
300
The three categories the essay is scored on...
What is organization, ideas, and conventions?
300
The organizational structure that starts off stating an issue and the concerns with it and then gives an answer to fixing that issue is called...
What is problem and solution?
400
The standard that deals with analyzing specific events, considering how each scene contributes to the success of the plot.
What is 5A?
400
The term that means starting sentences off a different way and changing their lengths and styles.
What is sentence variety?
400
The informational genre can be either expository or this...
What is persuasive?
400
The questions that ask you to "look again" at sentences to change transitions, word choice, figurative language, sentences, etc. are called...
What are revising questions?
400
A word or phrase after a noun in a sentence, that renames the noun before it is called...
What is an appositive?
500
The standard that deals with evaluating the voice, tone, syntax, diction, and imagery on a speech, literary essay, or any other literary nonfiction.
What is 6A?
500
What is a character type or familiar trend that shows up in multiple genres of literature...
What is an archetype?
500
Questions that ask you to identify controlling ideas, summaries, and organizational patterns are usually over this genre.
What is informational text?
500
The questions that won't be graded, but will also be included on the STAAR test to see how well students answer them.