Valentine for Ernest Mann

Which of the following are the best clue words found in the prompt that let you know you need to write an extended constructed response?

• use, read, state

• thesis, essay, evidence

• remember, box, answer

• state, review, support

The full length extended constructed response is important because it's worth ______ times the other questions.

• two

• four

• ten

• fifteen

This sentence states the main idea of your whole essay and gives the outline or roadmap of your body paragraphs.

• thesis

• hook

• topic sentence

• evidence

The STAAR essay will be about a personal topic, not about one of the readings.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following lists the two methods used to develop the theme in Valentine for Ernest Mann?

• Rhetorical Questions and Shocking Word Choices

• Visual Images and Emotional Word Choice

• Quotes and a Graph

• Lists and a Story

Which of the following best states the theme of "Valentine for Ernest Mann"?

• Poems can't be ordered like a taco.

• Even skunks are beautiful.

• Beauty is in everything if you pay attention and watch for it.

• We can only find beauty in the truly beautiful, not in anything else.

Which of the following lists strategies for understanding poetry?

• Read it several times. Find the author's claim. Find the author's reasons.

• As you read, take notes and diagram the story line. Look up words you don't know.

• Read it more than once. Visualize. Don't give up if there's a portion you don't understand.

• Find the main idea. Look up difficult words. Summarize the main ideas.

What image is used as an example of hidden beauty in the poem "Valentine for Ernest Mann"?

• a wife

• a skunk

• a taco

• a bicycle

A theme is

• figurative language

• exaggeration

• vivid details

• a lesson

Which of the following lists the elements of your essay body paragraph?

• hook, thesis

• topic sentence, evidence, explanation

• summary conclusion

• transition and quote