Writing STAAR vocabulary

What does it mean to revise a sentence?

• To join it with another sentence

• To turn it into a question

• To write a thesis for it

• To move words around to make it sound better

The topic of your essay is the same as the _________________.

• prompt/WRITE section

• transitions

• conjunctions

• details

The thesis of your essay is _________________________.

• your answer to the prompt that you will write about

• your transition

• a detail in your essay

• your revision to your answer

When the question says, "the most effective way," it means ___________________.

• the worst way to do it

• the best and most correct way

• the shortest way

• the longest way

Transitions help you __________________________.

• give details

• move smoothly from one thought to another in your essay

• improve your thesis

• make a compound sentence

If you want to give an example in your essay, one good transition to use would be ____________________.

• All in all

• in conclusion

• for instance/ for example

• first

stress the importance of something

• evidence

• appeal

• emphasize

• excerpt

The purpose of a hook is to...

• explain the topic
• grab attention
• summarize
• give an example

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is the end of an expository essay called?

• the end
• the theme
• the conclusion
• the resolution

Editing involves ....

• improving vocabulary
• changing sentence order
• correcting mistakes