Expository Essay
Grammar
Literary Devices
Reading Comprehension
Structure
100
The three sentences in an introduction.
What is a hook, background information, and thesis?
100
A comma comes before this in a compound sentence.
What is a FANBOY?
100
You can use all your five senses when reading a great story.
What is imagery?
100
Writing your thoughts down beside each paragraph when reading a passage.
What is annotating? 
100

We use these between paragraphs to move from one idea to the next more smoothly.

What are paragraph-to-paragraph level transitions?

200
The maximum amount of body paragraphs you need in your essay.
What is two?
200
The three different ways to combine two sentences.
What is a period, comma/fanboy, and semicolon?
200
The five specific parts of a story.
What is plot?
200
The strategy used to analyze poetry.
What is TPCASTT?
200

This is the way we structure paragraphs.

What is MEEL?
300
The type of essay you will be writing for the STAAR exam.
What is an expository essay?
300
Two independent clauses combined with a comma.
What is a comma splice?
300
The same sounding letter or sound at the beginning of each word in a sentence.
What is alliteration? 
300
Using this type of instrument to mark important information in a question.
What is a highlighter?
300
The place where a metaphor or simile is used in your essay.
What is the conclusion?
400
This part of HELPS is the most important example to use in your essay.
What is literature?
400
IC+DC+DC= this kind of sentence
What is a compound-complex sentence?
400
The characters do not know what is happening in the story but the audience does. 
What is dramatic irony?
400
Using this in case you are unfamiliar with a word. 
What is a dictionary/thesaurus? 
400
A space indicating a new paragraph.
What is an indentation? 
500
HELPS stands for these certain examples.
What is History, Education/Entertainment, Literature, Politics/Pop Culture, and Society/Self?
500
The type of words you "don't" (do not) want to use in your essay.
What are contractions?
500
The meaning from an object that means more than what it actually is.
What is symbolism?
500
Facts, details, and inferences needed to answer a question.
What is textual evidence?
500
The amount of lines you have to write your essay.
What is 26?
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