STAAR Review Homework!

What needs to be corrected?

• "Trees" should be "Tree's"
• "Has" should not be there
• "Petes" should be "Pete's"
• No corrections necessary

Choose the right correction:

• "Lets" needs an apostrophe because it is possessive
• "Lets" needs an apostrophe because it is a contraction
• "Cavaliers" is misspelled.
• No correction necessary.

This sign uses irony in order to...

• Show that people should have cell phones with service.
• Use humor in order to sell their product.
• To discredit a competitor's product.
• It does not use irony.

An example of onomatopoeia is . . .

• Boom!
• Irony!
• Help!
• None of these are onomatopoeia!

• Alliteration is a sound effect.
• Alliteration is when something goes against expectations.
• Alliteration does not exist.
• Alliteration is when two or more words in a row begin with the same sound.

• This shows that you should use commas in lists.
• This shows that you should use commas before directly addressing someone.
• This shows that you should use commas before addressing someone and also shows irony.
• This sign is incorrect.

Fix this sign.

• I like cooking my family, and my pets.
• I like cooking, my family, and my pets.
• I like, cooking my family and my pets.
• My family is pretty tasty, so I'm going to keep this sign how it is now.

Which sentence below uses a semicolon correctly?

• I love to run; it makes me feel alive.
• I love to play videogames; but my mom makes me do homework instead.
• When you go to the store; make sure you pick up milk.
• Semicolons cannot be used correctly; they are a figment of your imagination.

You add a comma before a conjunction:

• If it is a short conjunction (like but, for, and, or, etc.)
• If you have a complete sentence on either side of the conjunction
• If you would naturally take a breath there.
• If you really want to.

• You capitalize all nouns.
• You capitalize at the beginning of sentences.
• You capitalize all proper nouns and at the beginning of sentences.
• Capitalization is n00bs.