STAAR English Revision

For your STAAR Composition, what is the formula when developing your topic sentence?

• prompt + reason 1 + because...

• example 1 + your concrete details

• quote + explanation

• quote + opinion

What are examples of figurative language? Click all that apply

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• evidence

• theme

A figurative language that appeals to one or more of the five senses (touch, sight, smell, taste, hearing) is...

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

• oxymoron

What makes a complete sentence?

____ is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

• Simile

• allusion

• metaphor

• idiom

Where do your topic sentences go in your Expository Essay?

___ is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.

• main idea

• thesis

• theme

• mood

• author's purpose

When do you use the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)?

• At the end of most sentences

• At the begining of a sentence

• It's complicated

• When joining two sentences to make a compound sentence

• When joining two things together

Fill in the blank: An information text must have a ___ at the beginning and must follow with ____.

• main idea; opinion

• thesis; dialogue

• thesis; supporting evidence

• theme; supporting evidences

___ is a figure of speech that compares two usually different things. The comparison uses "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• imagery

• idiom

• simile

• personification