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EXPOSITORY
NARRATIVE
REVISING/EDITING
REMINDERS
ANYTHING GOES
100
You would change "Write an essay" to this.
What is "Give your opinion on"?
100
This is who your story should be about.
Who is ME?
100
What needs to be corrected: (1 error) - i went to the store to buy cereal.
What is "i" needs to be "I"?
100
True or False: You may draw on paper after you are finished with your test.
What is FALSE! You may read or sleep after you are finished.
100
This is found on the prompt, and helps indicate that the prompt is an expository prompt.
What is a quote?
200
This is the most important sentence of your paper.
What is the controlling idea?
200
This should be included in your conclusion.
What is extension?
200
These are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.
What are homophones?
200
This is what you should constantly do to your answer document while answering the revising and editing portion of the test.
What is bubble in the answers?
200
This is what you should do to the prompt.
What is mark it up/analyze it?
300
This is where your controlling idea is located.
What is your introduction?
300
This is included on the prompt to help you recognize that it is narrative.
What is a picture?
300
What needs to be corrected: (2 errors) Though he seems nice, there cousin really are mean.
What is "there" should be "their", and "are" should be "is"?
300
It is an item found in the classroom that may assist you during the test
What is a dictionary/thesaurus?
300
This is what you will be doing on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
What is STAAR writing/revising and editing?
400
This is what should be included in your body paragraphs (2 things).
What is your reason/topic sentence and support/examples?
400
This is the number of lines you have on the paper to tell the story.
What is 26?
400
What "," and "FANBOYS" or a semicolon does.
What is combine sentences?
400
This is the first thing that should be done when answering a question for the revising and editing part of the test.
What is "GO BACK"?
400
This is the length of time you have on both days to complete each test.
What is 4 (four) hours?
500
This is what HELP stands for.
What is History, Experience, Literature, Pop culture
500
Action, dialogue, flashback, setting
What is action, dialogue, flashback, setting?
500
What needs to be corrected: (3 errors) I knew we have the STAAR test on Monday, but I wasnt sure if we had it Tuesday, as well.
What is change "have" to "had", "wasnt" to "wasn't", and delete the comma after Tuesday.
500
This is what you should do with your cellphone during the test.
What is leave it at home/turn it off and give it to your testing teacher?
500
This is what you will do with your backpack the day of the test.
What is leave it at home (or if you bring it, put it at the front/back of the room).