Literary Terms
ECR vs. SCR
Sentence Editing/Revision
Sentence Combining
General Test Questions
100

Comparing two things using like or as

What is simile?

100

What does SCR stand for?

What is a Short Constructed Responce?

100

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

Change river to River

100

Combine these two sentences using a FANBOY.

The pirate captain lost her treasure map. She still found the buried treasure.

The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure.

100

The book that you should be using when you do not know what a word means.

What is the dictionary?

200

This creates mental pictures in the readers mind 

What is imagery?

200

What does the strategy used when writing an SCR stand for?

What is Restate and Answer, Cite, and Explain?

200

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

Change theirselves to themselves

200

Combine the following sentences using a FANBOY.

He played basketball in high school. He decided to focus on academics in college.

He played basketball in high school, but he decided to focus on academics in college.

200

The part of the test that you should work on first.

What is whichever you want to?

300

Comparing two things without using like or as

What is a metaphor?

300

The minimum number of paragraphs needed in your essay

What are 4 paragraphs? 

300

It didn't seem like such a small amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out.

Insert a comma after pancake

300

Combine the following sentences 

The snow melted. The sun was out.

The snow melted because the sun was out. 

300

This is how long you have to complete your English II STAAR test?

All day.

400

Giving non-human things human-like qualities

What is the personification?

400

What does ECR stand for?

What is an Extended Constructed Response?

400

I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!

Change then to than

400

Combine the following sentences 

I was late to class. I missed the bus.

I was late to class because I missed the bus.

400

The highest score you can get on your written STAAR test.

What is a 5 (or 10)?

2 people grade you on a scale of 1-5, then they add the 2 scores together for 2-10 score.

500

The message of a story or what the author wants the reader to learn from the writing

What is the theme?

500

What is the most important sentence in your essay?

What is a thesis statement

500

I am (they're/their/there) teacher.

their

500

What does FANBOYS stand for?

What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

500

What are the STAAR tests that have to be passed to get your high school diploma?

What is English I, English II, Algebra, Biology, and US History?