Essays
Literary Devices
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Random Topics
Often Misused
100

The number of essays you will see on the STAAR test.

What is one?

100

The river was a long and blue snake.

What is a metaphor?

100
My dad and I were very intertained by the movie.
What is change "intertained" to "entertained"?
100
These are conjunctions used to combine two sentences.
What is FANBOYS?
100
This is a contraction for "it is".
What is "it's"?
200

These two things must be present to earn points for your essay.

What is evidence from the text?

What is a thesis sentence?

200
The wind whispered in my ear as I walked home.
What is personification?
200
My friend Amanda who is really tall plays basketball.
What is put a comma after "Amanda" and after "tall"?
200
To be a complete sentence, you must have what 2 things?
What is a subject and a verb?
200
This is the possessive form for the word "it".
What is "its"?
300
The type of composition would you write for this prompt: Write about someone you think is a hero. Explain why that person is a hero to you. Be sure to - * Clearly state your central idea.
What is expository?
300
He laughed like a donkey.
What is simile?
300
You need to use the dichtionary.
What is correct "dichtionary" to "dictionary"?
300

R-A-C-E stands for... (you must get all four letters correct)

R - Restate the question

A - Answer the question

C - Cite your evidence

E - Edit your answer

300
This word is a pronoun used to refer to a place.
What is "there"?
400
The type of composition would you write for this prompt: "Write about your position on the teaching of banned books in public schools?"
What is persuasive?
400
What we call clues or hints that something is going to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
400
My dog and cat was getting along yesterday for the first time.
What is change "was" to "were"?
400
You must use commas to separate items in a list of ________ or more.
What is three?
400
This word is the possessive form for the word "them" or "they". The toy was _______.
What is theirs?
500

The highest score you can get on an essay on STAAR.

What is five?

500
The overall feeling of a piece of writing.
What is a mood?
500
Where did you put them books for my class?
What is change "them" to "those"?
500
In a passage, this is the message the author is trying to share with the reader.

What is a theme?

500
This is a contraction for the words "they are".
What is "they're"?
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