Literary Terms
Author's word choice
What is diction?
This is needed in an introductory paragraph and is the most important part of your essay
What is a thesis statement?
Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.
Change river to River
What literary device refers to the sound an abject makes?
Onomatopoeia
How can you check your spelling in the STAAR/Eduphoria platform?
What is use the embedded dictionary?
This shows how the author feels
What is tone?
This type of essay asks you to take a position or make a claim as well as provide a counter-claim for your argument.
What is an argumentative essay?
Joseph mentioned that he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.
Change theirselves to themselves
In poetry, what is an allusion?
What is a reference to a person, event, or literary work that is not part of the poem itself.
The STAAR test consists of 3 sections.
What are reading, writing (revising and Editing), and the essay?
An assumption you make after reading based on evidence
What is an inference?
The paragraphs needed in your essay
What an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
It didn't seem like enough batter to make everyone pancakes but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out.
Insert a comma after pancake
What happens if part A of a two part question is incorrect?
What is the entire question is incorrect.
This is how long you have to complete your English II STAAR test?
What is the entire day?
The literal definition of a word
What is the denotative definition?
The body paragraph should include
What is topic sentence, citation and explanation of of the citation, and how it relates to the prompt.
I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!
Change then to than
How many characters are you given in the text box for an SCR?
What is 475.
The highest score you can get on your ECR.
What is a 10/10?
The message of a story or what the author wants the reader to learn from the writing
What is the theme?
This refutes, or goes against, your main argument where you concede to the other side.
What is a counter argument
The Jameson twins know me because I am ___________ teacher.
their
What are the two types of SCR on the STAAR test?
Reading SCR and Writing SCR.
What are the STAAR tests that have to be passed to get your high school diploma?
What is English I, English II, Algebra I, Biology, and US History?