Essay
Literary Devices
STAAR Vocabulary
Revise/Edit
Misused and Abused
100
What is the last sentence you must write in a persuasive essay?
What is a call to action. 
100
What sentence in an essay grabs the readers attention
What is a hook?
100
denotation
dictionary definition of a word
100
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?
H Change then to than
100
This is a contraction for "it is".
What is "it's"?
200
Which type of composition would you write if you were given this prompt? Write an essay stating your position on...
What is persuasive?
200
Name one thing that you need in your 1st paragraph of a STAAR essay.
What is Thesis Statement/Position?
200
What is an inference?
an educated guess based on prior knowledge
200
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?
A Change cornerstone's to cornerstone
200
This is the possessive form for the word "it".
What is "its"?
300
This is the number of paragraphs that are in your persuasive essay.
What is 4?
300
This is comparing two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
300
what are the five parts of plot?
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
300
What is the correct way to write sentences 18 and 19?
H In addition to electing leaders, voters get to say yes or no to questions related to their local communities.
300
This word is a pronoun used to refer to a place.
What is "there"?
400
What must you do at the beginning of every paragraph?
What is indent?
400
This refers to some person, character, or event that happened in the past.
What is allusion?
400
What is foreshadowing?
hinting at what will happen next in a story
400
What change should be made in sentence 22?
D Change the period to a question mark
400
This word is the possessive form for the word "them" or "they". The toy was _______.
What is theirs?
500
What is the highest score you can get on an essay on STAAR?
What is 4?
500
This is when you take your background knowledge and add it to the text in order to read between the lines.
What is an inference?
500
What is third person omniscient?
a third person view in which the audience IS subjective to thoughts and feelings of all characters
500
What change, if any needs to be made in sentence 27?
F Change privilage to privilege
500
This is a contraction for the words "they are".
What is "they're"?
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