7th grade ENGLISH STAAR PREP

Which of the following is a "telling" detail?

• She lifted her collar.

• She tightened her scarf.

• She was very cold.

• She turned her face from the biting wind.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

Revise this: He gave his orders to the men.

• He shouted his orders at the men.

• "Mortars! Incoming! Get down! Get to cover!"

• The lieutenant gave his orders to the people around him.

• The lieutenant told his men to get down and to get to cover.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

What change is needed in the sentence?

Weather these unusual animals are real or imagined has not been proven, but most sightings have a rational explanation.

• Change Weather to Whether

• Change or to and

• Delete the comma after proven

• Change rational to rationale

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What punctuation mark goes at the end of most dialogue before the quotation mark?

• "Colons:"

• "Semi-Colons;"

• "Commas,"

• "Dashes-"

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Jared ate and ate; ____________ , he never gained weight.

• nevertheless

• furthermore

• more over

• in addition

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

What is the most effective way to revise the sentence?

This water, called seepage, wears down the limestone and eventually by the water doing this it forms the caves.

• The water, called seepage, wears down the limestone and eventually forms the caves.

• The water, called seepage, wears down the limestone, and eventually the water it forms the caves.

• Seepage is what the water is called that wears down the limestone and eventually forms the caves.

• Seepage, which is what this water is called, wears down the limestone and eventually by the water doing this it forms the caves.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Ms. Keller wants to add a quotation that will help support the idea presented in sentence 16. Analyze the quotations below. Which of these would be the most effective to insert after sentence 16?

• One state official noted, "It's the same as giving the key to your house to a burglar."

• The founder of Facebook once said, "When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place."

• "Our head of social media is the customer," said a spokesperson for one well-known company.

• "We're all social creatures," one magazine states.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Elizabeth had been studying for hours; ____________, she hoped to do well on the test.

• similarly

• therefore

• nevertheless

• however

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the most effective way to combine these sentences?

(1) For example, the minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 per hour.

(2) At this rate, a $100 pair of jeans would take almost 14 hours of work to earn.

• For example, at the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, a $100 pair of jeans would take almost 14 hours of work to earn.

• The minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, and earning a $100 pair of jeans would take almost 14 hours of work.

• For example, the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, a $100 pair of jeans would take almost 14 hours of work to earn.

• A $100 pair of jeans would take almost 14 hours to earn, and the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What change is needed in the sentence?

Most of the recent proposed explanations are more believable then flying dinosaurs, however.

• Insert a comma after explanations

• Change believable to beleivable

• Change then to than

• Delete the comma after dinosaurs

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C