STAAR Misc.
This argumentative texts contains a _________
that expresses what the author wants to convince readers.
What is a claim
What is an example of faulty reasoning?
What is logical fallacy
What is figurative language?
How should you answer a SCR?
What is CER?
What is the PACE Strategy
P - Paraphrase
A - Answer
C - Cite
E - Explain
Statements that express an opposing viewpoint
What is counterclaim
The meaning of infer.
What is "to come to an opinion by reasoning from facts of observations"?
A turning point, the highest point in a story.
What is Climax?
The organization of an informational ECR.
What is a four-paragraph essay?
The strategy you use when writing an SCR and ECR.
What is CER or Extended CER?
The author may use ___________, or language used to develop a specific idea, to make an argument more effective.
What is a rhetorical device
No Thanks, City Council.
The city council voted today to give away free business licenses to anyone in grades 4 through 8 who has a lemonade stand. This is the craziest idea of all time! If the health department has not checked these grubby stands, then I won’t feel safe drinking lemonade. Warm tap water has always been good enough for me!
What is giving away licenses to children with lemonade stands is dangerous
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
Proof in the writing to explain answers.
What is textual evidence?
You eliminate answer choices in this strategy
What is PEAT
The four STAAR test performance standards (levels).
What is Masters, Meet, Approaches, and Did Not Meet?
Students should not have homework because everyone hates homework, and if we keep assigning it, students will stop caring about school completely.
Which logical fallacy is used in this statement?
☐ Bandwagon
☐ Hasty Generalization
☐ Slippery Slope
☐ False Cause
Slippery Slope
The reason for or intent in writing of an author.
What is Author's Purpose?
Factual writing about real people, places, event, ideas, or things.
What is NonFiction?
The strategy you do when reading any text.
What is annotate or take notes?
Which STAAR performance level tells the state of Texas that you are on grade level?
What is Meets?
The meaning of sensory language.
What is "words or phrases that appeal to your 5 sense"?
What gives human characteristics to non-human things?
What is personification?
The text is mostly about.
What is Controlling Idea? (Or central idea, main idea)
What you should draw when you get to the essay in your test.
What is a graphic organizer?