This change needs to made in sentence 8.
(Choose A - D, using your sample questions)
What is answer B?
100
This sentence should be added after sentence 6 to add an effective thesis to this paper.
Choose A - D, based on your sample questions.
What is answer D?
100
H B T
What is hook, bridge, thesis?
100
Your essay should contain this many paragraphs.
What is 3-4?
100
Whenever you encounter a question with a spelling change as one of the answer choices, you should always consult...
What is a dictionary?
200
This change, if any, should be made in sentence 17.
(Choose F - J, based on your sample questions)
What is answer G?
200
This is the most effective way to revise sentence 15.
Choose F - J, based on your sample questions.
What is answer F?
200
P O E
What is Process of Elimination?
200
You should end your first paragraph with a thesis that clearly addresses the _____________.
What is prompt?
200
A student who rules out one or more obviously incorrect answers is using this test-taking strategy.
What is Process of Elimination (POE)
300
This change should be made in sentence 20.
Choose A - D, based on your sample questions.
What is answer B?
300
The writer wants to add a detail to the third paragraph (sentences 19 - 27):
"Movies were so popular that three-fourths of the population watched a movie every week during the 1920s, and Hollywood produced nearly 700 movies a year."
This is the most logical place to insert the sentence:
Choose F -J, based on your sample questions.
What is answer G?
300
A C E
What is assert, cite evidence, explain?
300
Your body paragraph(s) should have detailed evidence in the form of _________________. (Give the acronym)
What is CHORES?
300
A student who starts with the questions that are easiest to answer and saves the harder questions for later is using this test-taking strategy.
What is Personal Order of Difficulty (POOD)?
400
This is how sentence 24 should be revised:
Choose F - J, based on your sample questions.
What is answer F?
400
This is the most effective way to revise sentence 32.
Choose A - D, based on your sample questions.
What is answer D?
400
P O O D
What is personal order of difficulty?
400
An exemplar introductory paragraph includes a ___________, a _____________, and a ____________.
What is hook, bridge, and thesis?
400
You only have _______ lines to complete your STAAR composition.
What is 26?
500
This change needs to be made in sentence 39.
Choose F - J, based on your sample questions.
What is answer H?
500
Sentence 38 is unclear because it contains an indefinite reference. The author can make the sentence more clear by changing "it" to...
Choose F - J, based on your sample questions.
What is answer H?
500
CHORES
What is current events, history, observations from life, readings, entertainment, studies/statistics?
500
Your concluding paragraph should contain _______________, ________________, and ______________.
What is a summary, a connection to a broader meaning, and an insight that keeps the reader thinking.
500
Name 2 ways you can earn a 0 on your STAAR essay.
What are writing outside of the box, writing in a foreign language, and/or writing nothing.