2. STAAR PREP - ELR QuickCheck

1. Look at the following instructions. Is this a reading or a writing passage?

• Reading
• Writing - REVISE (ARMS: Add, Remove, Move, or Substitute Details)
• Writing- EDITING (CUPS: Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling)

2. Look at the following instructions. Is this a reading or a writing passage?

• Reading
• Writing - REVISE (ARMS: Add, Remove, Move, or Substitute Details)
• Writing- EDITING (CUPS: Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling)

3. Look at the following instructions. Is this a reading or a writing passage?

• Reading
• Writing - REVISE (ARMS: Add, Remove, Move, or Substitute Details)
• Writing- EDITING (CUPS: Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling)

1. Preview the following text. What genre is it?

• Drama
• Poetry
• Nonfiction
• Argumentative/Persuasive
• Fiction

2. Preview the following text. What genre is it?

• Drama
• Poetry
• Nonfiction
• Argumentative/Persuasive
• Fiction

3. Preview the following text. What genre is it?

• Drama
• Poetry
• Nonfiction
• Argumentative/Persuasive
• Fiction

1. What type of question is this? What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

• Context Clues
• Figurative Language
• Drama Elements
• Main Idea

2. What type of question is this? By organizing paragraph 3 sequentially, the author is able to —

• Context Clues
• Text Structure- Chronological Order
• Text Structure- Compare and Constrast
• Summary

3. What type of question is this?

Read these lines from the poem.

"I memorized each line.

Learned them by heart."

The poet uses the figurative expression "learned them by heart" to emphasize that the speaker--

• Context Clues
• Figurative Language
• Text Structure- Cause and effect
• Author's Purpose

4. What type of question is this? Based on information provided in both selections, the reader can conclude that stage fright is the result of —

• Inference
• Summary
• Text Structure- Description
• Author's Purpose