English Staar Review

What is the purpose of expository writing?

• to explain or inform
• to tell a story
• to persuade
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2

The main idea of your essay.

• Body
• Thesis
• Introduction
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Introduction =

• Hook + Thesis
• Example + Theme
• Body + Conclusion
• A + P + E

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

Expository writing is _____________?

• informational text
• fictional text

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2B

evidence (facts, statistics, examples) that supports the topic sentence

• details

• topic sentence

• commentary

• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.2B

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Eric and Kane put _________ phones on the teacher's desk.

• there
• their
• they're

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

It looks like ________________________ going to rain outside.

• it's
• its

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is personification?

• a word that mimics a sound

• repetition of consonant sounds

• an over exaggeration

• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is symbolism?

• a word that mimics a sound

• repetition of consonant sounds

• using a tangible thing to represent an idea

• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"America is a melting pot" is an example of 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Foreshadowing
• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B