Dictionary Skills
This is where you can find the grammar rules in the blue dictionary.
What is the back section?
When taking the test, you should do this to understand the whole story.
What is read the whole thing?
This is the controlling idea of your essay.
What is a Thesis?
When a word is mispelled on the test, this is what you should use.
What is a dictionary?
This is what you should do when you get home today.
What is any acceptable answer?
This is used at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
This strategy is used to write down the main ideas of a paragraph in 1-2 words.
What are hashtags?
This is how many paragraphs are required in an ECR.
What is 4?
When a proper noun is lowercase, this is what you do.
What is capitalize it?
This is what you should not do during the STAAR test.
What is any acceptable answer?
This is used at the end of the word to change its meaning.
What is a suffix?
When a question asks you what the claim/thesis of the passage is, this is where you look.
What is the introduction or conclusion?
This is how you write a thesis.
What is use words from the prompt + your 2 reasons?
When a compound sentence is missing these two things, it is incorrect.
This is what you should do when you have completed all the questions.
What is review your answers?
The main part of the word that you are looking for in the dictionary is called this.
What is the root word?
When a question asks you to look at a paragraph, this is what you should do in the passage.
These are the three essentials of your essay.
What are Thesis, Text Evidence, and Commentary?
When an appositive phrase has an error, this is the typical error.
What is missing a comma?
This is what you should do to get rid of bad answer choices.
What is the process of elimination?
These words are found at the top right and top left corners of the pages of a dictionary.
What are Guide Words?
This is the name of the tool that can help you read a line more easily.
What is the line reader tool?
This is the number of characters you cannot go over on STAAR.
What is 2300 characters?
This is the number of revision and editing questions on the test.
What is 20ish?
This is the number of questions on the STAAR?
What is 52?