STAAR Tips
The night before the STAAR, it is important to get enough ________.
What is rest?
The STAAR English II test requires the reading of _________.
What are 'texts'?
What are 'passages'?
What are "selections"?
What is the max number of points on the STAAR Extended Constructed Response?
What is a 5?
The rising action, climax, and resolution are all part of a story's _____________?
What is plot?
Two (of four) possible options of ECR (Extended Constructed Response) prompts that you could see on the STAAR test are __________________ and _____________.
Argumentative, Informational, Persuasive, and Correspondence
On the STAAR, it is important to use the _________ for any questionable vocabulary.
What is 'dictionary'?
When taking the STAAR English II test, you will be asked to make ___________ about what you are reading.
What are 'inferences'?
The most important part of a Short Constructed Response and Extended Constructed Response prompts is the _________ _________.
What is the 'thesis statement'?
What is the thesis sentence?
"The sea licked its greedy lips waiting for the boat to dock" is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is personification?
You will see these two types of writing prompts on the STAAR English II test.
What are SCR and ECR?
What are Short Constructed Response and
Extended Constructed Response
prompts?
On the STAAR, we should carefully read the entire selection for this type of text.
What is poetry?
The idea that fire represents hope for the future at the end of the novel, is an example of what literary device?
What is symbolism?
When answering the writing prompt it is important to use _________ _________ to support your thesis statement.
What is 'textual evidence'?
The feeling a reader gets from a story.
In a story, what is mood?
Some questions on the STAAR will require you to ____________ _____ ______ __________.
What is fill in the blank?
On the STAAR, it is important to read each ______ and ________ choice completely.
What is 'question' and 'answer'?
On the STAAR test, you will be given how long to complete it.
What is all day?
What is 7 hours?
Any academic essay for STAAR will have three main parts, which include _____________, ______________, and _____________.
What are the 'introduction, body, and conclusion?
The author's attitude or feeling that is shown through their writing.
What is tone?
The length (in characters) your short constructed response can be.
What is 450 characters?
What you are allowed to have on you when testing?
What is " a snack and water (but they must be kept under your desk)"
What should you do as you read a STAAR text in order to comprehend better?
What is annotate?
The maximum character count for an essay
What is '2300 characters'?
The big idea, life message, or moral of a story?
What is the 'theme'?
How many questions are on STAAR English?
What is 52?