"You Doin' Too Much" STAAR Vocabulary
This term refers to a statement that acknowledges a different viewpoint in an argumentative essay.
What is concession?
This type of sentence is incomplete because it lacks a subject, verb, or complete thought.
What is a fragment?
Commas should be placed before these three-letter / two-letter conjunctions in a compound sentence.
What are FANBOYS?
Identify the sentence type:
"He’s lowkey funny."
What is a simple sentence?
___ means using the same grammatical pattern in a sentence
What is Parallel Structure?
The group of people an author has in mind while writing.
What is intended audience?
This error occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined incorrectly without proper punctuation or conjunctions.
What is a run-on sentence?
"Yes I will be there on time."—How should this clause be clearly and effectively revised?
What is "Yes, I will be there on time."
Fix this run-on sentence so it’s not "cringe":
"I was scrolling on my phone I forgot to do my homework."
What is "I was scrolling on my phone, so (and) I forgot to do my homework." OR "I was scrolling on my phone; I forgot to do my homework."?
When answering a reading short constructed response (SCR) question, a strong answer should include these three components.
What is Answer, Cite, Explain?
The structure an author uses to arrange their ideas in a passage.
What is an organizational pattern / structure?
"She ran to the store she bought some snacks."—What type of error is this?
What is a run-on sentence (fused)?
In direct address, commas are used to separate the speaker from the person being spoken to. Rewrite this correctly:
"Let's eat Grandma!"
What is "Let's eat, Grandma!"?
A ___ gives "bestie energy" because it has two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.
(What is a compound sentence?)
Identify the best revision of this sentence:
"I think the author does a good job because he uses good details that help explain his good ideas."
A) "The author effectively uses strong details to explain his ideas."
B) "The author is good because he is good at details."
C) "The author, who is good, does a good job with details."
What is A?
A short passage taken from a larger work.
What is an excerpt?
"Because he was tired after the long day."—What type of error is this?
What is a fragment?
When using commas in dates, which sentence is correct?
A) On March 16 2025 we will have a test.
B) On March 16, 2025, we will have a test.
What is B?
"I stayed up all night watching TikToks, so I was tired though I still made it to school on time."—What type of sentence is this?
What is a compound-complex sentence?
A theme is the central message of a story, while this term refers to the emotions a story evokes in the reader.
What is mood?
If a passage provides facts, explanations, or instructions, it is this type of writing.
What is informational composition?
A run-on sentence can also be corrected by using this type of punctuation, which is stronger than a comma but weaker than a period.
What is a semicolon?
If you use a comma to split two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction, you’ve created this grammar error.
What is a run-on (comma splice)?
True or False?
A compound sentence can use a semicolon, conjunctive adverb, and a comma in one sentence.
True
The date for English II STAAR EOC.
What is Tuesday, April 15, 2025?