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Revision and Editing STAAR

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Revision and Editing STAAR
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls, he went to the top and looked down, he said that things just didn’t feel right.

On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls. He went to the top, looked down, and said that things just didn’t feel right.

On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls, he went to the top and looked down. He said that things just didn’t feel right.

On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls, he went to the top and looked down. And said that things just didn’t feel right.

On the day that he was supposed to paddle. Over Niagara falls, he went to the top, looked down, and said things just didn’t feel right.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

He later explained that he just wasn’t confident he would be able to land the kayak safe.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 27?

Change explained to explains

Change confident to confidant

Change safe to safely

No change needs to be made in this sentence.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1G

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“I am proud of Rafa’s decision,” he commented, and I think it is a great testament to his character and courage.”

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 32?

Insert quotation marks before the first and

Change I think to we think

Change testament to testiment

No change needs to be made in sentence 32.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to Philip Davis one of the English professors involved in the study, “Serious literature acts like a rocket-booster to the brain.” How should sentence 23 be changed?

Change According to Acording

Insert a comma after Davis

Change Serious to serious

Sentence 23 should not be changed.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Thomas wants to improve his opening paragraph. How can he rewrite sentence 1 to provide more detail and imagery?

The old man swayed back and forth as he rode a donkey along a winding dirt road.

A donkey traveled along a road with an old man on his back.

An old man was on the back of a donkey on a dirt road.

The old man moved on a donkey in order to get to town.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the BEST revision to make in sentence 4?

Twice within the last hour, the four-footed creature had stumbled and almost fallen and catching itself at the last possible moment before taking a tumble into a ditch that...

Twice within the last hour, the four-footed creature had stumbled, and then fell and catching itself at the last possible moment before taking a tumble into a ditch that paralleled the road on either side

Twice within the last hour, the four-footed creature had stumbled and fallen and catching itself at the last possible moment before taking a tumble into a ditch that

Twice within the last hour, the four-footed creature had stumbled and almost fallen, catching itself at the last possible moment before taking a tumble into a ditch that paralleled the road on either side.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Thomas did not maintain a consistent point of view in the first paragraph of this paper. What revision should he make in sentence 5 to correct this problem?

Change the old man to the old men

Change he pulled out to they pulled out

Change it to them

Change ribbon to donkey

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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