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The Writing STAAR test is 4 hours long. It contains an objective portion with stories and questions and an essay portion.  Which should you start out doing, the objective or the essay?  Why?
The objective because the majority of your score will come from this section.  You should get the majority of your points in the first part of the four hours while your brain is fresh, leaving the essay for the last half of the testing time.
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What words should be capitalized in the following sentence.


During the victorian age, some english writers traveled to the united states to read their novels to american audiences.


Victorian Age, English, United States, American
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(They're, Their, There) are four quarts to a gallon.

There
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Name the AAAWWUBBIS words.
As, After, Although, When, While, Because, Before, If, Since, Until, Unless
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The following sentence is a complete thought or a fragment?

While the wind was blowing across the landscape.

Fragment
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What three tools should you use for the STAAR test?
Scratch paper, highlighter, dictionary
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What words should be capitalized in the following sentence?

Excellent swimmers attempt to swim the english channel every summer.

English Channel
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Change the following two words to their plural forms.

turkey

library

turkeys


libraries

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Name the FANBOYS conjunctions.


What do they join?

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So


Words, phrases, & clauses

200
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex?  Does it need a comma?  If so, where?


Because they supposedly ruled the universe for many ages, the Titans were known as the Elder Gods.

Complex

Yes, a comma is needed after the word "ages".

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What is the controlling idea?
The thesis statement
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Is this sentence correct or incorrect?  If incorrect, how do you correct it?


"Do you want to go to the mlb game next weekend"? asked timothy.

Incorrect


"Do you want to go to the MLB game next weekend?" asked Timothy.

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Good, Better, ________

Bad, worse, __________

Good, Better, Best

Bad. worse, worst

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Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? Does it need a comma? If so, where?


I like eating a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables every day to ensure good health. 

Simple


No comma is needed

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What two things should you introduction contain?


What must your essay do?

Hook/Lead

Thesis statement

Your essay must stay on topic!

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Spell the past tense version of the word "carry".
Carried
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Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? Does it need a comma? If so, where?

Jose writes beautifully because he practices every day.

Complex


No comma needed

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Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? Does it need a comma? If so, where?

Thoroughbred horses are bred for speed but Arabian horses are bred for endurance.


Compound

Yes, a comma is needed before the conjunction "but".