STAAR/EOC
The amount of time you are allowed to take the English EOC
The entire school day?
What should you do when you do not know a word.
What is use the dictionary to look the words up?
Conventions on the EOC writing rubric.
What is ARMS and CUPS?
Main point, evidence, analysis, and linking
What is MEAL?
The most important component of a drama that tells how the character feels, and their actions.
What are stage directions?
What part of the EOC should you complete first?
The ECR.
The first thing you do when you come to a passage?
What is make a prediction?
What you should read first in this section
What is the question?
The thesis statement is to the essay what the ______ _____ is to the body paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
A separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
What is a prologue?
You can receive a total of 10 points on the ECR.
What the number of points you cn receive on the ECR?
What you should do while reading the text selection
What is annotate?
Should you read the entire revise and editing passages.
What is yes?
Two phrases you should never have in your ECR.
What are (select two) "In my opinion...," "I think...," "I feel...," To me...," or "I believe...?"
A smaller headline that breaks up a body of text into sections.
What is subheading?
The only part of the test that the proctor can help you with
What are the directions?
Background knowledge + text evidence =
What is an inference?
Add, remove, move, substitute
What is ARMS/revising?
Three things that belong in the opening paragraph
What are the hook, bridge, and thesis statement?
Captions, graphics, maps/graphs, subheadings, subtitles, and images
What text features?
If you receive a score of a 0 on the structure of your ECR, you can receive points for conventions.
What is I cannot receive points?
The authors attitude towards the subject/text.
What is tone?
Three things that Editing will check
What are spelling, grammar, punctuation, usage, capitalization (CUPS)...?
Thesis, 2 reasons, evidence, analysis (put in your own words), conclusion sentence
What you should include in an ECR?
Sequence, cause and effect, chronological order, problem solution, description, and compare contrast
What is organizational patterns?