STAAR Review for ELA

Which is written correctly?

• But online networking, which is very popular with teens today, promotes short, superficial

  connections

• But online networking promotes short, superficial connections, it is very popular with teens today.

• But online networking that promotes short, superficial connections, it is very popular with teens today.

• But online networking promotes short, superficial connections with teens today, which it is very popular.

how can you fix Sentence 12?

• Change these teens to they

• Change they to researchers

• Change suggesting to saying

• Change a while to some time

Which is written correctly?

• Everyone communicates in person in one way, they communicate in different ways over

  the phone, through texting, or in online posts.

• Everyone communicates differently in person than they do when speaking over the phone, sending texts, or writing online posts.

• Everyone communicates in person differently than they do over the phone, to send texts, or posting online.

• Everyone communicates in person, over the phone, through texting, or in online posts differently.

Susan needs a better transition from the third paragraph (sentences 15–20) to the fourth paragraph (sentences 21–25). Which of the following can be added to the beginning of the fourth paragraph, just before sentence 21, to strengthen this transition?

• This ability to communicate in person becomes even more important as teenagers get older.

• In a few short years, most teens in our school will be entering the job market or college.

• Learning to read people’s communication cues will help build opportunities for teens.

• In a business setting, a teen will need to know how to understand his coworkers.

Anika has written a weak thesis statement for her paper. Which of the following can replace sentences 4 and 5 and serve as a more effective thesis for this paper?

• The people who live in Coober Pedy love their special little city. All of these people have made a decision to live in a unique way.

• It isn’t what you can see that makes this city amazing; it’s what you cannot see. There are 3,500 people who call Coober Pedy home, and almost all of them live and work under ground.

• Coober Pedy’s interesting history includes miners, people living under ground, very hot weather, and media attention. All of this put together makes Coober Pedy an interesting place to me.

• It isn’t because it’s abandoned that Coober Pedy is fascinating; it’s because it only looks abandoned since people are really living under ground.

Anika has not used the most effective transition in sentence 8. Which of the following should replace After all in this sentence?

• Soon

• Instead

• Finally

• Otherwise

How should Sentence 5 be changed?

• Change explore to explored

• Change were written to was written

• Change years to year’s

• Change you to they

the Word proficiency means

• Curiosity

• Investment

• Expertise

• Discipline

Which word in paragraph 3 means “given but not returned”?

• savored

• unrequited

• furtive

• Sorrow

The author uses a simile to describe the apples in paragraph 2 to convey —

• their mystic appeal

• the advertising techniques used in foreign magazine

• their universal symbolism

• the contrast between Chinese and foreign supermarkets