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Expository Essay
Persuasive Essay
Literary Devices + Reading
Revise + Edit
Describe It!
100
What are the two parts of a thesis statement?
The answer to the prompt and at least one reason
100
What are the two parts of a position statement?
Answer to the prompt and at least 1 argument. 
100
How may total writing multiple choice questions are of the STAAR?
18 (9 Editing, 9 Revising)
100
What is theme?
The lesson or moral of the story
100
Describe
plural= more than 1

possessive= ownership

200
Your expository body paragraph should use what to explain your example?
The 5 Ws (Who, What, When, Where, Why)
200
What are the three "classical" ways you can explain your argument in your body paragraphs?
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
200
What topics are covered in the editing section?
Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling, etc
200
What two types of text are in the reading section?
Literary text and non-fiction
200
What answer choices should we explore first in the writing multiple choice section?
The one that is the easiest and fastest to eliminate. (capitalization, end of sentence punctuation marks, plural vs possessive)
300
What are the two parts of an expository conclusion?
Reworded these statement and lasting thought.
300
What are the two parts of a persuasive conclusion?
Reworded position statement and call to action
300
What are three topics covered in the revising section? 
Changing information, adding information, combining sentences, deleting information, transitions, etc.
300
Non-fiction often includes what types of features?
Text features (maps, charts, graphs, photos, etc.)
300
What can we do to make the questions and text easier to read?
Identify the important words in each question AND mark the text before, during, and after reading. 
400
Your 5 Ws should contain these two things in order to keep the reader's attention?
Specifics and Details
400
What is a call to action?
Tells the reader what to do now that you have convinced them that you are correct. 
400
What are two ways to check if a word should be capitalized or not?
1) Capitalized in the dictionary

2) First word of sentence

400
Literary text can include what types of writing?
Excerpts from novels, short stories, plays, movie scripts, poems, etc. 
400
What is an inference?
what I read (text evidence)+what I know(background knowledge)=inference
500
What three areas should you spend the most time on when writing your expository essay?
Pre-writing, editing, and revising 
500
What three areas of the writing process should you spend the most time on when writing a persuasive essay?
Pre-writing, editing, and revising
500
What are two things we must consider when adding information in the writing section?
1) Avoid being redundant

2) Make sure the surrounding text supports the added information 


500
The paired passage section typically includes what two types of text?
Non-fiction and a literary text
500
In the writing multiple choice section, what word tells you if the questions are about editing?
Corrections (the revising section says revising)