Middle School English STAAR

Which word best enhances the clarity of the sentence below? Sheryl thought it was a bad idea to create a new logo for the stubborn client.

• replace thought with believed

• replace bad with risky

• replace client with customer

• make no change

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

For the short constructed response, what is the acronym you need to remember to compose your answer.

• ARE

• CALM

• APE

• YOLO

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

It is important to have both ____ and ____ in your short constructed response.

What change needs to be made in the sentence?

• delete the comma after Six Flags

• change alot to a lot

• change there's to theirs

• change than to then

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

What is the best way to combine sentences 15-16?

• And while I believe that what someone eats is a matter of personal choice, it is not something that society should control. Because people need information if they are going to make wise decisions.

• And I believe that what someone eats is a matter of personal choice, it is not something that society should control, people need information if they are going to make wise decisions.

• And while I believe that what someone eats is a matter of personal choice and not something that society should control, people need information if they are going to make wise decisions.

• Sentences 15 and 16 are written correctly.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the correct way to write sentence 18?

• In fact, one New York City study found that 27 percent of fast-food customers. They used information about calorie counts to make their choices.

• In fact, one New York City study found that 27 percent of fast-food customers using information about calorie counts to make their choices.

• In fact, one New York City study found something. That 27 percent of fast-food customers used information about calorie counts to make their choices.

• In fact, one New York City study found that 27 percent of fast-food customers used information about calorie counts to make their choices.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Define foreshadowing.

• flashback of what happened previously

• hint at something that will happen later

• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

First-person pov is...?

• The narrator takes part in the story by participating in the action.

• The narrator does not participate and sees the thoughts of only one character.

• The narrator does not participate and sees the thoughts of multiple characters.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is situational irony?

• When the audience knows something important that a character does not know.

• When the actual results of an action differ from the expected results, and are often the complete opposite.

• When a person or character says one thing but means something else.

Rhetoric that uses credibility of the speaker (Is the speaker/writer trustworthy & reliable?)

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5