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Sections of the STAAR
Essays
Expository
Figurative Language
Dramatic Elements
100
The writing part of the reading test
What is short answer
100
This type of writing is when the author (you) explain about a topic.
What is Expository
100
I leave the reading “Thinking” about something
What is the "Thinking Man"?
100
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The writer of a play
Who or What is a playwright?
200
26 lines
What is the amount of lines to write an essay?
200
The information that tells the test taker (you) what to write
What is the prompt?
200
This will grab my reader’s attention.
What is a hook?
200
Her face glowed like the sun.
What is a simile?
200
Conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
300
I will explain a topic and have a well developed thesis statement.
What is an expository essay?
300
Writing a story
What is literary essay?
300
I use these to make sure I move from one idea to the other smoothly.
What are transitions?
300
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
What is alliteration?
300
A story that is written to be preformed.
What is a drama?
400
will create a story with believable characters, remember to Show, Don’t Tell!
What is a literary essay?
400
Main idea of the expository essay
What is thesis?
400
I am the central idea of my paper.
What is the thesis statement?
400
The sweater must be 1000 years old.
What is hyperbole?
400
Saying one thing, but meaning the opposite?
What is irony?
500
I will be able to answer questions to correct what’s incorrect in reading passages.
What is the revising and editing section
500
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion (Denouement)
What is parts of the plot diagram?
500
These are the reasons I feel the way I do about the topic I am explaining and are located in paragraphs 2 and 3.
What are topic sentences?
500
She is suffering from a sea of emotions
What is a metaphor?
500
Time Travel
What is a paradox?