ECR
Commonly Confused Words
Diction
Characterization
General STAAR knowledge
100

How many body paragraphs should you have in your essay?

What is 2?

100

The soup is to/two/too hot.

What is too?

100

What is diction?

What is word choice?

100

What are the two types of characterization?

What is direct and indirect?

100

How long do you have for the English I STAAR?

What is 5 hours?

200

What are the three parts of an introduction paragraph?

What is hook, transition, and thesis?

200

The dog is wagging its/it's tail.

What is its?

200

What are the levels of dictoin?

What is high, medium, and low?

200

What is this an example of: Sally loves to play with her dog?

What is direct?

200

What happens if you do not include text evidence in your essay?

What is you get a ZERO?

300

What is a thesis statement?

What is a single sentence that states the main idea of your paper?
300

Get out your/you're pencil.

What is your?

300

Is perplexing an example of low, medium, or high diction?

What is high?

300

What is this an example of: Jim punched the wall?

Who is indirect?

300

What sections are there on the English I STAAR?

What is reading and revising/editing?

400

What do you need in the introduction of your argumentative essay?

What is counterargument?

400

They are parking they're/their/there car.

What is their?

400

Who choses a passages diction?

Who is the author?

400

What type of chart do we use for indirect characterization?

What is a STEAL chart?

400

What are the two writing components called?

What is SCR & ECR?

500

The purpose of an expository essay is to?

What is inform?

500

She went on stage to accept/except her award.

What is accept?

500

Is cooked an example of high, medium, or low diction?

What is low?

500

What does STEAL stand for?

What is Speech, Thoughts, Effects on others, Actions, Looks?

500

When do you take the STAAR?

What is April 10th?