Who am I ?
Persuasive Essay
STAAR Academic Vocabulary
Strategies for STAAR Success
Misc.
100
I need to be the first sentence in your essay.
What is Hook or Attention Grabber?
100
Persuasive Essay
What is the type of essay that you have to write for STAAR English 2?
100
Answer Prove Extend
What is APE?
100
"READ" "THINK" "WRITE"
What are the steps for understanding the written essay prompt?
100
A score of 2
What is the score I need to pass the Persuasive Writing Essay?
200
Theme Conflict Setting Characters Plot Author's Purpose Tone
What are the Elements of a Short Story?
200
Space at the beginning of each new paragraph.
What is "indent"?
200
This sentence explains what you plan to prove or explain in your paragraph.
What is a Thesis Sentence?
200
Three easy steps: Step 1. Read the Questions Closely; Step 2. Refer to the text.; Step 3. Follow A-P-E
What are the 3 easy steps in answering a Short Answer Response?
200
Short answer that has 2 stories/selections.
What is "evidence from both selections"?
300
Introductory Paragraph Body Paragraph #1 Body Paragraph #2 Conclusion Paragraph
What is an Essay Outline?
300
Major sentence that gives the purpose/main idea of your essay.
What is Thesis Statement?
300
The reason the writer decides to write about a specific topic.
What is Author's Purpose?
300
If you do not know the meaning/ or understand a word in a sentence and/or prompt.
What is a DICTIONARY?
300
Reading and Writing
What are the two areas tested on STAAR English 2?
400
Correcting spelling, grammar and punctuation.
What is "editing"
400
1=Very Limited; 2=Basic; 3=Satisfactory; 4=Accomplished
What is the EssayWriting Rubric?
400
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience; g viewpoint of a writer for a specific topic.
What is Tone?
400
Find words you need to express your idea more interesting.
What is a THESAURUS?
400
Number of lines given to write a "short answer" on STAAR English 2.
What is "10 Lines"?
500
Which sentence below follow and support sentence 15?
What is "Revising"?
500
Number of lines given to write your Persuasive Essay.
What is "26 lines"?
500
Words like "one reason", "another example", "next", "first, second, third"....
What are Transitional Words?
500
Two tools necessary to write your Persuasive Essay and/or Short Answer Response on STAAR EOC English 2?
What is a DICTIONARY and THESAURUS?
500
Dr. Seuss is a great author of children's books. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go".
What is an Embedded Sentence and/or Evidence?
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