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Living in Afghanistan, the soldier become inured to the constant violence and chaos. In the above sentence what does the word Inured mean? A. Accustomed B. Angered C. Overjoyed D. Bedeviled
What is A. Accustomed
100
What are the four paragraphs in the STAAR essay?
What are: Introduction Argument Counterargument Conclusion
100
What is the moral or message of a story?
What is THEME
100
The punctuation mark that is missing from this sentence and the word that the punctuation mark should follow: I assumed that reading a work by Shakespeare would be a tedious task one that was unrelated to my own life and times.
What is "task, comma"?
100
These are the three parts to an SAQ.
What is Answer, Proof, Explanation?
200
The commander needed to be apprised of the situation on the ground in order to figure out what to do next. What does apprised mean? A. Betrayed B. Avenged C. Valued D. Informed
What is D. Informed
200
What is the format for a body paragraph in the essay?
What is: topic sentence or answer it (argument or counterargument) concrete detail or prove it (fact or example) commentary or explain it
200
What is the theme of this passage?: A man, fueled by an urge for power and control due to his own pride, builds a supercomputer. That supercomputer then takes over the world, causing chaos and struggle galore.
What is -Danger of excessive pride -The risky relationship between humankind and developing technology
200
The incorrect verb in the following sentence: Now I want to convince others that the plays of Shakespeare is timeless, entertaining, and actually quite accessible.
What is "is"?
200
This is what you score if you don't include text evidence or don't connect your evidence well enough.
What is a 1?
300
His clandestine plans weren't found out until it was too late and the heist was done! What does the word clandestine mean? A. Joyful B. Lovely C. Secretive D. Complicated
What is C. Secretive
300
Which of the following is the best thesis statement? A. Forgiveness is the final form of love. B. Forgiveness is better than revenge because it is nicer. C. Revenge is a dish best served cold. D. Forgiveness is better because it helps a person move on and revenge can lead to bad consequences.
What is D
300
What is the theme?: A boy and a girl fall in love. The boy is forced to join the army and fights to survive in a war-torn country as his beloved waits at home. When he returns from war, the two are united and married.
What is The power of true love Fate, which sometimes tears lovers apart and then joins them together
300
The reason that "its" is incorrect in this sentence: Its true that I live thousands of miles and hundreds of years from the setting of Romeo and Juliet.
What is "its should be a contraction, not a possessive"?
300
If you showed you understood the passage well enough to provide an accurate answer and clearly connected text evidence, you scored a...
What is a 2?
400
My teacher's notes really helped elucidate how to find tone in the STAAR passage? What does elucidate mean? A. infuriate B. dispel C. clarify D. confuse
What is C. clarify
400
Which of the following is a successful counterargument? A. Some people might argue that revenge is better, but they are wrong because they are dumb. B. Some people might argue that revenge is better, but they are wrong because revenge hurts everyone. C. Revenge is not a good idea. D. People should be nice to one another.
What is B
400
What is the theme of this poem by E.E. cummings? i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
What is Love enduring all love. Minor themes include fate, togetherness, and desire.
400
The word that should be deleted to make this sentence grammatically correct: Mercutio baits Tybalt, he calls him names, and provokes a fight.
What is "he"?
400
Explain the problem with this SAQ. The author feels that people should remember Malcolm as a prince. For instance, “And we will know him then for what he was and is—a prince—our own black shining Prince!” This quote shows and suggest that people should remember him as a prince just like they do.
The author simply repeats what is in the quote. He/she is not making an inference, giving a new idea, or explaining anything we couldn't get from reading the quote.
500
The soldier and his comrades carried on despite the constant struggle against the taliban. What does comrade mean? A. Enemies B. Companions C. People D. Foes
What is B. Companions
500
Which evidence best supports the topic sentence? Topic Sentence: Some people may argue that it is better to get revenge, but they are wrong because it hurts the person trying to take the revenge. A. Grief is a terrible thing to live with. B. Forgiveness is the only answer. C. If someone killed a person because of an injustice done to them, they would end up spending their life in jail. D. Forgiveness helps people move on to a brighter future.
What is C
500
What is the theme of this passage from Atonement? How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one, no entity or higher form that she can appeal to, or be reconciled with, or that can forgive There is nothing outside her. In her imagination she has set the limits and the terms. No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists. It was always an impossible task, and that was precisely the point. The attempt was all.
What is theme of atonement along with other minor themes such as the life of the writer and forgiveness.
500
The name for the grammatical structure demonstrated by the verbs in this sentence: Many of us have been swept away by a first love, misunderstood by our parents, and determined to follow our own hearts and minds.
What is parallelism?
500
Explain the score this SAQ received and the reason why. The tone in “The Eulogy of Malcolm X” and “Do Not Stand By My Grave and Weep” are similar by both having a somber background (to the story), but allowing themselves to think optimistic. The quote, “I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not cry at my grave” and “Is where he worked, struggled…fought his home of homes…his heart was and his people are, shows that both of the passages are looking at the brighter side of a sad event. In conclusion, both passages are expressing how they want their community or family to look at this moment for their good.
What is a 3? The conclusion neatly ties together both passages, which the writer shows she knows deeply with an elaborate connection, and explains in a non-repetitive way. Also, quotes are well-chosen and interwoven beautifully. This boosts it to a 3.