English EOC Star Grammar

What/Who is your best friend during the test?

• Caffeine

• Your neighbor

• Dictionary

• Mrs. Martin

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

• As an example

• He said

• Likewise

• On the other hand

When writing an EOC-style persuasive essay, how should you BEST end your essay?

• Try to fill up the whole space and stop when you do.

• You should write a counter-argument and restate your thesis.

• You should make sure that you write an entire conclusion.

• You should just rewrite your thesis. You should just rewrite your thesis.

Which of the following is LEAST important on the essay?

• Planning an essay.

• Providing good examples and support.

• Polishing your essay.

• Writing a full introduction and conclusion.

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

• comma

• period

• semicolon

• colon

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

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.

What is a good way to add a counter-argument?

• write a thesis for the opposing argument

• include a paragraph about the opposing argument

• Some people may say - end with your thesis

• you should never include an opposing argument

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

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