STAAR Writing Questions

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

Don't spill the beans.

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

That sandwich is as big as a car.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

Katy is a pig when she eats.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

What is the best way to combine the following sentences?

The oven temperature was too hot. The cookies got burnt.

• The oven temperature was too hot, the cookies got burnt.

• The oven temperature was too hot because the cookies got burnt.

• The oven temperature was too hot the cookies got burnt.

• The oven temperature was too hot, so the cookies got burnt.

What is the best way to combine the following sentences?

Mike and Johnny wanted to play outside. It was raining so they couldn't.

• Mike and Johnny wanted to play outside, but it was raining.

• Because of the rain, Mike and Johnny couldn't play outside.

• Mike and Johnny wanted to play outside and it was raining so they couldn't.

• Mike and Johnny wanted to play outside in the rain.

Which is the best way to combine the following sentences?

The puppy was soft and cuddly. It was brown.

• The puppy was soft and cuddly, and it was brown.

• The brown puppy was soft and cuddly.

• The puppy was soft and cuddly and brown.

• The puppy was brown and it was soft and it was cuddly.

Correct the following sentence to show subject-verb agreement.

Tracy and Gary likes to solve puzzles.

• Tracy and Gary likes to solve puzzles.

• Tracy and Gary like to solve puzzles.

• Tracy and Gary like to solves puzzle.

• Tracy likes to solve puzzle.

Correct the following sentence to show subject-verb agreement.

All of the students competes for the prizes.

• All of the student competes for the prizes.

• All of the students compete for the prizes.

• The students competes for the prizes.

• None of these

Fill in the blank with the correct word that fits in the sentence.

Some of the votes ____________ to have been miscounted.

• seems

• seem

• will seem

• shall seem

Fill in the blank with the correct word that fits in the sentence.

Either the Principal in this school or the Chief Administrator ___________ to make a quick decision.

• have

• will

• has

• are