Revising and Editing
Select the proper spelling of the word below:
(A) historicle
(B) historical
(C) historrical
(D) historacel
What is answer B?
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"A Baseball School for Big League Dreamers"
by Robert Benincasa
All Things Considered, National Public Radio
August 15, 2012
1 If you have ever dreamed of playing big-league baseball, chances are the dream started to fade sometime in high school.
What is informational?
a statement or premise supported by arguments
What is the thesis?
Read the passage and determine the main idea:
There is a common belief that while the dog is man’s best friend, the coyote is his worst enemy. The bad reputation of the coyote traces back to his fondness for small animals; he hunts at night and is particularly destructive to sheep, young pigs, and poultry. Yet it is sometimes wise to encourage coyotes. Provided valuable farm animals are protected, the coyote will often free the property of other animals, like rabbits, which are ruinous to crops and certain trees. He is especially beneficial in keeping down the rodent population. Where coyotes have been allowed to do their work without disruption ranchers and fruit growers have found them very valuable.
What is, how coyotes can be beneficial?
The most important part of this type of question:
What are the most likely reasons the author includes paragraph 6?
Select TWO correct answers.
What is, checking two correct responses that show the REASON why the author wrote paragraph 6?
The word totally previously filled the blank in this sentence. Select the word that should replace totally.
And now, thanks to her mom, Ashley knows ___________ what to do the next time a tire goes THUMP! on the road.
(A) expressly
(B) strictly
(C) precisely
(D) truthfully
What is precisely?
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In Bengali tradition children are given two names at birth: an informal name used only at home and a formal name, or “good name,” used in public. In this excerpt, Gogol’s parents, Ashoke and Ashima, want to give him a good name to use at school.
from The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
1 There is a reason Gogol doesn’t want to go to kindergarten. His parents have told him that at school, instead of being called Gogol, he will be called by a new name, a good name, which his parents have finally decided on, just in time for him to begin his formal education.
What is nonfiction?
the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium.
What is audience?
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Carrie loved her phone and her tablet. She was always looking at one or the other. Her parents would try to talk to her about her life, but she would just ignore them or give them monosyllabic answers until they left her alone. When she was at school, she'd sneak peeks at her phone under her desk whenever she could get away with it. When she was at parties, she spent more time interacting with the devices in front of her than with the people around her. Even at concerts and sporting events, Carrie seldom removed her eyes from these tiny screens.
What is, You should practice moderation with all things desirable?
What is, technology can take us away from reality in a negative way?
When a question has 2 parts (Part A and Part B), what is the significance of the Part B of the two part STAAR question?
What is, text evidence?
What is, supporting the answer to Part A?
The change to be made for the following sentence:
(13) The Tetris display was 119,600 square feet so big that it could be seen all over Philadelphia.
(A) Insert a dash after feet
(B) Change so big to it was so big
(C) Change it to they
(D) Change could be seen to had been seen
What is Insert a dash after feet (answer A)?
Look at the excerpt to name the genre:
Volunteering Is Its Own Reward
The answer, actually, is quite simple. It’s good for you. Helping others doesn’t build stress—it relieves it. People who engage in volunteer activities are happier and stay in good health longer than those who don’t.
What is argumentative?
The basic sequence of events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot?
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The attitudes of Americans toward gambling are amazingly contradictory. You may find, for example, that horse racing is legal in your state, but that you cannot legally play poker for money on your front porch. While one church condemns gambling, another raises money by sponsoring Bingo games. Gambling laws are inconsistent from state to state or even from town to town and are very difficult to enforce.
What is the controversial opinions of gambling?
What is the inconsistency of gambling laws?
The strategy that should be used for the short constructed response.
What is, R.A.C.E. strategy?
Read:
(31) When it was finally time to leave, Natalia hugged her dad and thanked him. (32) He had gone an hour out of the way to surprise Natalia with a visit to her favorite artist’s museum. (33) He had wanted to surprise his daughter with a special visit. (34) As the family began the drive toward their original destination, Natalia reached into her backpack. (35) She pulled out her sketchbook, newly inspired for her next painting.
The sentence that should be deleted from the paragraph due to repetition.
(A) Sentence 32
(B) Sentence 33
(C) Sentence 34
(D) Sentence 35
What is sentence 33?
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The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost
1 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
5 To where it bent in the undergrowth;
6 Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
9 Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
What is poetry?
the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work
What is author's purpose?
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Do you wear glasses? Make sure your glasses fit well. The earpieces should be at eye level. Don’t try to adjust the earpieces yourself. Take your glasses for adjustments to the place you bought them. Keep your glasses in a case when you’re not wearing them. This will prevent scratches. Keep the lenses clean. A soft cloth is best for cleaning.
What is, how to take care of your glasses?
The question needs you to...
In stanza 4 (lines 10–12), the poet uses the word (1)___________ to emphasize the fox’s delicate beauty.
1. _________________________________
What is, type in the blank an answer?
Read the sentences:
(16) Her parents didn’t seem to be as impressed as her teacher had been, which was a bit disappointing to Natalia, but she assumed it was because she already had so many paintings hanging in her room. (17) In addition to this, Natalia continued to work on her technique and learn more about Georgia O’Keeffe.
Select the ONE phrase that BEST replaces In addition to this in this sentence.
(A) As the year went on
(B) In response to her teacher
(C) While her parents watched
(D) After so much disappointment
What is answer C - While her parents watched?
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Enter NORA, humming a tune and in high spirits. She is dressed for the outdoors and carries a number of packages; these she lays on the table to the right. She takes out a bag of chocolates and eats a piece.
TORVALD: [calls out from his office] Is that my little songbird twittering out there?
NORA: [busy opening some of the parcels] Yes, it is!
TORVALD: Is it my little squirrel bustling about?
NORA: Yes! [puts the chocolates into her pocket and wipes her mouth] Come in here, Torvald, and see what I have bought.
What is drama?
The central or universal lesson of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/ condition.
What is theme?
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When she wasn't going to school or doing homework, Sharon spent most of her time drawing. She drew elaborate manga inspired scenes of heroic warriors and beautiful princesses. She drew detailed landscapes dotted with colorful monsters and menacing villains, but she never shared her work with anyone. Time passed and Sharon continued to develop as an artist. She had mastered the skills of shadowing and texturing her artwork and she graduated from high school. Too afraid to share her work with others, Sharon pursued a college degree in business rather than art, but she continued to passionately work on her artistry when she was alone. After many years, Sharon was managing a department at a large corporation. She didn't really like her job, but it was comfortable. She gave up on her passion of art.
What is, Always share and follow your passions?
What is, You should take risks in life for what you love?
What is, Never settle for something that doesn't make you happy?
When given an EXTENDED constructed response
This question needs me to...
What is, write a well thought out essay that addresses the prompt and uses text evidence?