STAAR Revision

On the Revising and Editing section of the STAAR, you should always read the whole passage.

• True

• False

What answers in the revising and editing section can be automatically removed?

• Run-ons

• Long sentences

• Fragments

• Run-ons & Fragments

If the question starts with "What is the best way...", what type of question will it be?

• Editing

• Defining

• Revising

• None of the above

In the Revising and Editing section, what should you highlight?

• The main idea of the passage.

• Words you don't know.

• Sentences referenced in the questions.

• The most important sentences within the passage.

(17) However, now that I play soccer so much, I appreciate that Mom serves us good meals because I know it’s important for a healthy body.
Look at sentence 17. The word good does not express what Clarissa was trying to say. Which word could BEST replace good and help Clarissa improve the meaning of this sentence?

• delicious

• fresh

• generous

• nutritious

If the question starts with "what change", you will be...

• Revising the sentence.

• Editing the sentence.

• Using a dictionary.

• Analyzing the sentence.

On the Revising and Editing section of the STAAR, you should always read the whole passage.

• True

• False

What answers in the revising and editing section can be automatically removed?

• Run-ons

• Long sentences

• Fragments

• Run-ons & Fragments

If the question starts with 'What is the best way...', what type of question will it be?

• Editing

• Defining

• Revising

• None of the above

In the Revising and Editing section, what should you highlight?

• The main idea of the passage.

• Words you don't know.

• Sentences referenced in the questions.

• The most important sentences within the passage.