STAAR Practice Review

Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitional word or phrase?

• As an example

• He said

• Likewise

• On the other hand

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1C

CCSS.W.9-10.2C

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work is its...

• theme

• personification

• author's purpose

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When joining two sentences together, what goes before the subordinating conjunction?

• comma

• period

• semicolon

• colon

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

If I do not know a multiple choice answer, I should

• Leave it blank,

• it won't count against me

• Read each answer, eliminate, and make the best guess

• Make a pretty picture out of the bubbles

On the reading section, I should...

• Just start reading and skim through the boring parts

• Don't read the whole passage, just go question by question

• Read and annotate the passage

Which strategies can you use when answering multiple-choice questions?

• Read question and circle, highlight, or underline key words.

• Make notes in the margins

• Justify your answers with evidence from the text.

• All of the above.

The frog fell flat as it flew across the frozen lake. This is an example of...

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

On the revising/editing section, I should...

• Only read the sentence mentioned in the question

• Forget everything I learned about grammar and guess

• Choose C

• make the changes in the text and look for the correct answer

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.5

You are frustrated because you don't understand some of the material on the exam. You should

• take a break, go to the bathroom, walk around

• move on but circle those questions to go back and review

• guess because you are never going to get it

• panic and spend 20 minutes on one question

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

(6) "What do I do first," I asked eagerly.

• Change the comma to a question mark

• Delete the quotation marks after the comma

• Change eagerly to eager

• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C