STAAR TEST
THE ESSAY
Revise
Edit
Extra Info
100

There are how many Revise & Edit questions on the STAAR Test?

What is 18?

9 Revise & 9 Edit = 18

100

The type of essay that you will write. 

What is "persuasive essay"?

100

(1) I had always dreamed of having my own car by the time I was 18, so I launched a vigorous campaign as soon as I turned 17. (2) I began presenting evidence to prove that owning my own automobile is a good idea. 

1.  What change should be made in
      sentence 2? 

Change evidence to evidense 

Change prove to proof 

Change my to her 

Change is to was

Change is to was

100

When completing the editing section of the STAAR, which type of answer choice is the easiest to pick or eliminate at the start of the test?

What is spelling?

100

These are used to combine sentences.

What is a semicolon or , FANBOYS. 

200

The essay is worth this many points. 

What is 16?

Two graders x (max score = 4)

counted twice. 

200

In the strategy for Iwrite-This must be included in your introduction. 

What is thesis/position statement?

200

(5) Another day I added “Have you noticed that I’m always home on time when I borrow your car? (6) Have you noticed that I keep the gas tank filled?”

2.  What change, if any, should be made
      in sentence 5?   

Insert a comma after added 

Change that to it 

Change borrow to borrowed 

Make no change

Insert a comma after added

200

2) I soon realized I had a red piranha, a fish normally found in South America.(13) I learned that many states have outlawed the sale of piranhas because experts worry that people will tire of it and release the fish into local waterways.

2.  What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?

Change have outlawed to has outlawed

Change worry to worrying

Change it to them

Make no change

 

What is ...Change it to them? Pronoun Agreement 

200

This is what you will find in a complex sentence.

A dependent clause (and a comma) if at the beginning of a sentence.

300

This is the total percentage the "writing" portion of the STAAR is worth.

What is 50 percent?

300

In the strategy for Iwrite, this must be included in your body paragraph. 

What is... an example that is specific and well chosen and supports your thesis?

300

(8) “Don’t you like for me to set goals and achieve them?” I asked quite frequent.

3.  What change, if any, should be made
      in sentence 8?  

Change them to it 

Change quite to quiet 

Change frequent to frequently 

Make no change

Change frequent to frequently

300

(17) I assured her that the piranha’s reputation for being bloodthirsty it was undeserved.

4.  What change should be made in sentence 17?

Change reputation to Reputation

Delete  it

Change was to were

Change undeserved to underserved

What is "Delete  it"?

300

This is a tool that will help you on the STAAR test?

What is Dictionary or highlighter tool.

400

This is the total # of multiple choice questions on the STAAR test. 

What is 52?

400

This is included in your conclusion.

What is "Call to Action" or "restate your thesis"?

400

(11) I asked Uncle Ray and Aunt Ellen to accompany me because they are my families shrewdest consumers.

5.  What change, if any, should be made
      in sentence 11?

Change accompany to acompany

Change families to family’s

Change shrewdest to most shrewdest

Make no change

Change families to family’s

400

(28) “Piranhas are high-maintenance fish,” Reuben said, “but this ones worth it because he’s a beauty.”

7.  What change, if any, should be made in sentence 28?

Change the comma after fish to a period

Delete the quotation marks before but

Change ones to one’s

Make no change

Change ones to one’s

400

The acronym STAAR means ...

What is State Assessment of Academic Readiness?

500

This is the actual date of your English 2 STAAR Test. 

What is April 7th, 2022?

500

These are the 3 persuasive appeals.

What is Ethos, Pathos, Logos. 

500


(26) "With that in mind, I think you’d better go with the blue sedan which is a smarter investment.”8. What change is needed in sentence 26?

Delete comma after mind

Insert a comma after sedan

Change smarter to smartest

Delete the quotation marks at the end of the sentence

Insert a comma after sedan

500

31) My mom was ecstatic to have her bathtub back.

 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 31?
Insert she after mom

Change ecstatic to ecstatically

Insert a comma after bathtub

Make no change

Make no change

500

You will find this in a compound complex sentence. 

What is a dependent clause (followed by a comma if at the beginning of the sentence) and a comma FANBOYS or semicolon.