English II STAAR

Which two sentences are written incorrectly?

• Houston is the best city in Texas: we have so much to do every weekend.

• Living in Houston can really be great since it seems like there is a festival, a show, or a trail you can go to every weekend.

• There is so much to do in Houston; so if you visit, you should be sure to plan for lots to do.

• There are many things you can do in Houston on the weekends: museums, festivals, parks, free shows, and shopping.

How would you fix the following sentence?

Whenever we go to the movies I always have to have popcorn.

• add a semicolon after movies

• add a comma after movies

• delete the second "have" before popcorn

• No change needed

What change if any needs to be made to the following sentence?

My cat Ollie a Norwegian Forest Cat, loves to try get into my cereal bowl when I'm not looking.

• Add a comma after Ollie

• Lowercase the word Cat

• Add a comma after bowl

• No change needed

What change if any needs to be made to the following sentence? The game Super Mario Brothers have been around for a long time; it is now thirty-five years old.

• Change the semicolon to a colon

• Change thirty-five to thirty five

• Change have to has

• No change needed

Which of the following approaches to pre-writing is recommended on the STAAR?

• Write, revise, and edit and rough draft.

• Just think as you write. It's more authentic that way.

• Use a TEDS outline.

• Create a VENN Diagram

Using the prompt below, choose the BEST thesis statement. Write an essay stating your position on whether a person is strengthened by adversity.

• A person is made stronger when they face an adversity because facing an adversity makes a person tough.

• A person is strengthened by adversity, but adversity can also break a person's spirit.

• Yes, a person is made stronger when they face an adversity. Adversities are an important part of life.

• A person is strengthened by adversity because important lessons are learned in times of struggle.

The S in "TEDS" is where you

• Connect your example to your thesis

• Provide additional details about your example

• State your claim

• Explain why your position may be incorrect

Which of the following can be answered with a dictionary? (Choose all that apply.)

• Spelling questions

• Apostrophe questions

• Comma questions

• How to change a verb into past tense

Mimi’s essay does not have a strong position statement. Which of the following sentences should replace sentence 6 to serve as an effective position statement?

• It’s foolish to buy several bottles of water each day when there’s no good reason for doing this.

• People need to stop doing this now and protest against bottled-water companies.

• These problems can be solved, however, if people choose to drink water from reusable containers instead of plastic bottles.

• The list of problems that people are causing, such as increasing pollution, by buying bottled water is endless.

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 8 and 9?

• Bottled water may be attractively packaged, but it is simply processed tap water.

• Bottled water is simply processed tap water because it is attractively packaged.

• Bottled water may be attractively packaged, so it is simply processed tap water.

• Bottled water is attractively packaged, because it is simply processed tap water