Revise and Edit STAAR Vocabulary

The act of improving a piece of writing by substituting, taking out, adding, or removing paragraphs, sentences, phrases, or words. This makes the ideas clear and developed.

• revise

• edit

The act of improving a piece of writing by making corrections to spelling, capitalization, verb tense, punctuation, and other conventions. This makes the grammar correct.

• revise

• edit

What does the word "emphasize" mean?

• somethings size

• to show importance

• look at closely

• don't pay attention to it

What's the strategy I taught you when it comes to the writing STAAR revise/edit?

• try and remember what the sentence said and guess the right answer

• go back to the sentence it's talking about, read it, and then try out the answer choices in the sentence to see which one sounds right

• go back to the sentence and read it and then make your selection

• just guess which one is right, you don't need strategies

If a question asks you to delete something, what is it asking you to do?

• add something to the essay

• change something in the essay

• move something in the essay

• remove something from the essay

Regina needs to use a more appropriate transition... A transition word is often found at the ____________ of a sentence.

• Middle

• End

• Beginning

Make sure your essay is legible...what does this word mean?

• in cursive

• in print

• neat and clear to read

Vocabulary

My best friend ________ me of breaking her iPod, but I

didn’t!

• accused

• argued

• discussed

• advised

What does the word 'revise' mean in the context of writing?

• A) To write a new draft

• B) To review and improve

• C) To delete everything

• D) To publish

Which of the following is a synonym for 'edit'?

• A) Create

• B) Correct

• C) Ignore

• D) Destroy