The number of writing compositions on the STAAR now.
What is one?
100
Name the figurative language:
The river, a long and blue snake, slithered through town.
What is a metaphor?
100
My dad and I were very intertained by the movie.
What is change "intertained" to "entertained"?
100
A possible theme of Harrison Bergeron (Pick a letter):
A. Being different is bad.
B. Equality doesn't always mean fairness.
C. Exceptional people should not exist
What is B?
100
This is a contraction for "it is".
What is "it's"?
200
The type of composition you would write if you were given this prompt:
Write about your favorite season. Explain why it's your favorite season. Be sure to clearly state your central idea.
What is expository?
200
Name the figurative language:
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
Most plausible inference about what would happen at the end of "The Interlopers" (Pick a letter):
A. They would be killed/eaten by the wolves
B. They would live because the wolves wouldn't see them
C. The wolves would be nice and save them
What is A?
200
This is the possessive form for the word "it".
What is "its"?
300
The type of composition you would write for this prompt:
Should schools ban certain books?
What is persuasive?
300
Name the figurative language:
He laughed like a donkey.
What is simile?
300
You need to use the dichtionary.
What is correct "dichtionary" to "dictionary"?
300
Genre of writing which uses logical, empirical, or anecdotal evidence.
What is nonfiction?
300
This word is a pronoun used to refer to a place.
What is "there"?
400
The highest score you can get on the essay.
What is a four?
400
When you expect one thing, but the unexpected happens instead.
What is irony?
400
My dog and cat was getting along yesterday for the first time.
What is change "was" to "were"?
400
The purpose of McWhorter's article about rap being a form of poetry (Pick a letter):
A. To entertain readers by discussing different types of poetry
B. To inform readers about the history of rap
C. To persuade readers to acknowledge rap as poetry
What is C?
400
This word is the possessive form for the word "them" or "they". The toy was _______.
What is theirs?
500
The score that the following passage would receive for their response to the prompt:
Prompt: Should uniforms be required?
Answer: I like my own clothes, but I also like uniforms. Both are good.
What is a one?
500
The writer's attitude toward the topic they're writing about.
What is tone?
500
Where did you put them books for my class?
What is change "them" to "those"?
500
The first line of "Pause of Thought" suggests that the speaker (Pick a letter):
A. desires something that is too expensive
B. has lost their favorite item
C. is searching for something that doesn't exist