Literary Texts
The universal or general message that is communicated by the writer.
Theme
The way an author structures and puts together their ideas into writing.
Text organization / text structure
The paired questions of the test require you to infer and conclude how passage one relates to passage two.
Similarities (BOTH) and differences (ONE TEXT ONLY)
The use of this word in revising questions means that there is an unnecessary item in a sentence or paragraph that needs to be deleted.
Extraneous
Name the steps for EBW
Intro: TAG Summary Claim
Body: Premise Intro to EV. "Evidence" Justification
Conclusion: Restate Claim Sum EV. Mic drop
The author's use of language that does not literally mean what it says
Figurative Language
The author's main position or overall big idea that is presented before the body of the text.
Claim and central idea/thesis
The steps: go back and check context, look it up, and match the best choice are an important strategy that will need to be used for most of your reading passages, since each set of questions has at least one of these.
Vocabulary questions
The questions that require you to correct language conventions and the other set of questions require you to improve the clarity of a piece of writing.
Editing and revising questions
What MUST be included in an SCR?
Claim
Premise
"EVIDENCE"
Justification
The core elements that you should pay attention to when reading and understanding poetry.
(Structure) (Sound) (Imagery/mood) (Figurative Language) (Theme)
The inclusion of visual items such as bullets, boldface words, subheadings, diagrams, tables, and photographs, not only enhance the writing, but are often times tested as well.
Text and graphic features
The rationales that are used to justify why your answer is incorrect when answering questions for a reading selection.
OT(off-topic), NoE(no evidence), and WL(wrong location), D (distractor)
When correcting and revising sentences, you should always make sure to ______________ the sentences to avoid fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
CHECK!!!
What are the parts of a letter?
Greeting (Dear _____,)
Body (paragraphs)
Closing (Sincerely,)
Your Name
The ___________ has a direct effect on characters in a story and involves place and time.
Setting
The reason or the intent behind the author's writing.
Author's purpose
The format/strategy that is used when completing an SCR and an ECR.
EBW (ECR)
parts of EBW (SCR)
Two EASY ways to combine sentences on the revising part of the test.
Semicolon or coordinating conjunction with a comma (comma comes first)
Name the steps for an argumentative essay.
Body: Premise Intro EV "EVIDENCE" Justification
Counterclaim: TOVR Intro to EV "EVIDENCE" 1)Justification supports counterclaim
2) Swings back to support YOUR CLAIM
Conclusion: Restate claim and TOVR for CC; SWING back to your CLAIM; Mic Drop
The different possible perspectives of a narrator in fiction. Name and define them.
First-person (I, me), third-person limited (he, they; one character's view), third-person objective (just the facts); or third-person omniscient (them, he; ALL characters' views)
In argumentative text, the author backs up the claim by providing ___________ and __________. In addition, the author includes the opposing idea in their argument.
Reasons, evidence, counterclaim
There are different genres for the passages on STAAR. What are the genres?
Fiction, poetry, drama, and informational texts, and argumentative texts
The editing questions require you to focus on what?
Capitalization, spelling, punctuation, grammar
If you are asked to write about PAIRED PASSAGES (something that is SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT), how should you do this?
FOLLOW EBW steps - making sure your claim states your answer for both passages.
TWO body paragraphs: one for each passage to prove your claim