Which sentence is correct.

Do you want pancakes for breakfast, or would you rather have eggs?

Do you want pancakes for breakfast, and would you rather have eggs?

Do you want pancakes for breakfast, but would you rather have eggs?

Do you want pancakes for breakfast, so would you rather have eggs?

emotional connections; hidden meaning behind a word

struggle between opposing forces

Which is NOT a way an author would organize a selection?

the author enjoys working with others

by explaining the difference between two topics

by providing reasons to support his/her claim

to suggest that the speaker has a lot on his mind

Which is an example of sensory language ?

My feet were trudging in the thick, pasty mud. My feet felt heavy. Squelch. Sploosh. Squelch. Sploosh

Eradicate a passive voice to make a boring blog interesting.

You don't want to deal with your to-do list, but you do it anyway.

Research shows that when we can hold a product the desire for the product increases.

Which sentence reflects the author's opinion ?

For now, however, the continuing evolution of speech-recognition software is thrilling to behold.

Today many voice systems can understand language when spoken at a normal conversational rate.

Others fear that machines will take over functions that were traditionally performed by humans, such as customer service.

This digital trail may lead to data mining, or the collection of large quantities of personal data.

By telling the story from the first-person point of view , the author helps the reader understand —

how the protagonist feels about a particular subject

how the protagonist's friend feels about a particular subject

why a minor character enjoys the protagonist's company

how all the characters feel about a particular subject

The story’s third-person limited point of view gives the reader insight into —

the feelings the protagonist has about her own decision

the doubts the protagonist's mother has about the protagonist's decision

a minor character's thoughts about the protagonist's decision

a minor character's hesitation about the protagonist

" I could hear the popping and crackling as mom suddenly dropped the bacon into the frying pan without saying a word to me, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me along with an uneasy queasiness." What does the imagery in this sentence suggest about the narrator?

He feels tension building between his mother and himself

He knows that he will be having a good breakfast

He believes that it is unlikely that his dad is joining them for breakfast

He wants to finish his breakfast and wash the dishes

All story plots follow a natural order, which is known as the elements of plot. Which answer has the elements labeled in the correct order?

C. Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Title, introductory paragraph, body paragraph, and conclusion paragraph

Resolution, climax, rising action, conflict, falling action, exposition

fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry

Teenagers that are 14 or 15 years old must work outside of school hours. They are not allowed to work more than 3 hours on a school day, including Fridays, and they are only allowed to work 8 hours or less on a nonschool day. Teens of these ages are allowed to work no more than 18 hours during a week when school is in session and no more that 40 hours during a week when school is not in session (summer and school breaks). Teens are allowed to work between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.-except between June 1 and Labor day when the evening hour is extended to 9 p.m. The author wrote this article most likely to -

Explain the rules of working hours to employers

Encourage teenagers to work more hours

Convince teens to enjoy their youth and not work too much

Describe possible jobs students of this age group can hold.

STAAR ELA

Quiz

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English

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6th - 8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RL.7.6, RL.6.3, RL.8.3

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Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

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50 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Hints given to a reader by the author which communicate a hidden or embedded message.

Context clues

graphic elements

inferences

convey

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process of taking context clues & coming to a logical conclusion based on the evidence presented.

stage directions

context clues

inference

convey

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any tool, other than the text itself, to help the reader understand the themes of a selection better. Ex. Pictures, quotes, text boxes, modified text: italics, bold, all caps...

context clues

graphic elements

stage directions

convey

inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How an author chooses to organize information or plot structure in a selection.

context clues

inference

stage directions

organizational pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word STAAR uses to refer to any passage, poem, play, or article.

selection

convey

stanza

dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To present information to the reader

context clues

inference

line

convey

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To make VERY obvious to the reader

convey

emphasize

stanza

stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

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STAAR ELA

50 questions

Hints given to a reader by the author which communicate a hidden or embedded message.

The process of taking context clues & coming to a logical conclusion based on the evidence presented.

Any tool, other than the text itself, to help the reader understand the themes of a selection better. Ex. Pictures, quotes, text boxes, modified text: italics, bold, all caps...

How an author chooses to organize information or plot structure in a selection.

The word STAAR uses to refer to any passage, poem, play, or article.

To present information to the reader

To make VERY obvious to the reader

In poetry, a sentence is called this...

In poetry, a group of lines much like a paragraph..

Actively spoken words in a selection; denoted by the use of "quotation marks"

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