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Figurative Language
Test Taking Skills
Spelling
Conventions
Compositions
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when you compare two unlike things using the words like or as such as "That girl is as pretty as a picture."
What is a simile?
100
What you need to use when editing your composition.
What is a colored pencil?
100
Correct or Incorrect Spelling? planed
What is incorrect? planned is correct. Double the last consonant on CVC patterns
100
something that goes at the end of every sentence
What is end punctuation? period exclamation point question mark
100
one full page
What is how long a STAAR composition should be?
200
comparing two unlike things by saying something is something else such as "My dad is a drill sargent."
What is a metaphor?
200
What you need to do first on the objective (multiple choice) portion of the test?
What is read passage and make corrections first?
200
the homophone that means belonging to something or someone such as "We saw _____________new house." there their they're
What is their? (Don't forget it has an "i" in it!)
200
comes in pairs and surround a sentence of dialogue
What are quotation marks? Mother yelled, "Do your homework now!" Remember they must come at the beginning and end of what a person says!
200
what needs be done at the beginning of every paragraph
What is indent? The haunted house was gray and gloomy. I was afraid to enter, but my friends dared me to. Courage. That's what I needed to find quickly, or I would surely chicken out! Taking a deep breath, I slowly turned the handle on the front door. Shaking, I stepped into the cold, dark entryway.
300
when a word has a sound that is like the word such as "the snake hissed" or "the cat meowed."
What is onomatopeia?
300
What you need to do with every question.
What is look at all answer options, and look back in the passage?
300
the homophone that means "it is"
What is it's?
300
separates items in a series such as lettuce tomatoes and carrots
What is a comma?
300
a type of composition that is a memory that happened to you and should have an interesting hook and thoughtful conclusion such as a wish, lesson learned, or wrap-around
What is a personal narrative (or literary composition)?
400
a well-known saying that is not the literal (real) meaning such as "The band was so good that they brought the house down" or "My uncle is a couch potato."
What is an idiom?
400
What is the most important step in writing compositions.
What is brain storm?
400
Correct or Incorrect Spelling: Believe
What is correct?
400
What needs to go at the beginning of every paragraph or proper noun.
What is a capital letter.
400
a composition where you describe or tell someone how to do something
What is an expository composition?
500
an extreme exaggeration such as "My parents are going to kill me if I arrive home late!"
What is hyperbole?
500
What strategy you use in the objective part of the test and when you edit your composition.
What is CUPS?
500
Rule for adding er, ed, or es to words that end with a consonant + y? Example supply
What is turn the y to an i and add suffix?
500
separates two sentences that go together and the second part doesn't have to be capitalized such as: I am late and my parents will be mad.
What is a comma?
500
What every expository composition must have in the introduction and restated in the conclusion
What is the main idea or topic of the composition? such as Determination is important if you are to be a success in life.