The Day Of
Scoring & Essay
Vocab & Transitions
Englishy Words
Grammar
100

Students will have this long to complete the test.

All day.

100

True or False: All questions are multiple choice and are worth one point each.

False, beginning in April 2023.

100

Use this transition to explain your idea...

for example, for instance

100

This word means "warning or indication of a future event."

foreshadow

100

This sentence has one or more dependent clauses and one or more independent clauses.

Compound Complex

200

How many times can you use the restroom during the test?

Once in the morning.

Once in the afternoon. 

200

Short answer responses are worth this many points. 

two.

200

This is a word that means "no longer needed, unnecessary, and excessive."

redundant

200

Students will often be asked to _____, a term for reaching a conclusion based on evidence.

infer

200

When a dependent clause comes before an independent clause, use a...

...comma.

300

I can do these two things once I finish my test.

Read a book and sleep.

300
ECR essay is worth this many points TOTAL.

Ten.

300

This is a word that means " a rewording of something using different words."

paraphrase 

300

This is a term for the attitude of a text.

tone

300

A dependent clause and an independent clause is a... 

Complex Sentence
400

Students may begin whispering in class when...

...the entire class has finished testing.

400

These are the three types of essays students could be asked to write.

argumentative, informational, correspondance

400

This is a transition word to show contrast between two ideas.

however, in contrast, on the other hand, on the contrary, yet, unlike, conversely, otherwise

400

This is a term representing the subject, idea, or message of a text.

theme

400

Use a comma and then a FANBOY when...

...combining two independent clauses (complete sentences).

500

Students will get their phones back...

...at the end of the day

500

These are the two things you need in your SCR.

Restate the question + correct answer

Text Evidence

500

This transition word shows cause and effect between ideas.

therefore, so that, thus, consequently, since, as a result, if…then, because

500

This is a term that means 'to show' in STAAR words

Reveal, convey, highlight 

500

When unsure what a word in the question or answers mean use...

A dictionary!