STAAR Revision and Editing Practice 3/4/19

Which one is NOT a fragment (incomplete sentence)?

• It was boring.

• That is going to last a long time.

• Which was very difficult.

• Because she was so upset.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Sentence 3 lacks clarity. What is the best way to improve this sentence?

(2) Bryan and Joel went searching for treasure. (3) He thought it would be a good idea to use a map.

• Change thought to wondered

• Change good to great

• Change He to Bryan

• Change idea to plan

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 12 and 13?

• Amy Cuddy did a study on how “power poses” affect people she is a social psychologist at Harvard University.

• Amy Cuddy did a study on how “power poses” affect people, a social psychologist at Harvard University.

• Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard University, did a study on how “power poses” affect people.

• Amy Cuddy did a study, at Harvard University and with a social psychologist, on how “power poses” affect people.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 20?

• She found that the people had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and a decrease in the hormone associated with stress who were holding their body in a position of power.

• She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance, the hormone associated with stress was decreased.

• She found that while the people were holding their body in a position of power, the hormones associated with dominance and stress were increased and decreased.

• She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and a decrease in the hormone associated with stress.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

The word opposed is not the best choice for sentence 19. Which word should replace opposed in this sentence?

(19) Cuddy measured people’s hormones after just two minutes of holding poses like these and opposed the results with the hormone levels of people who were slouched over or standing with their arms crossed.

• contrasted

• differed

• varied

• measured

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

(12) I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interests hadn’t fit Tyson’s definition of cool, I had never pursued it.

How should sentence 12 be changed?

• Change fascinated to fasinated

• Delete the comma after cool

• Change had never pursued to hadn’t never pursued

• Change it to them

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A