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WorksheetsSTAAR Writing & Grammar
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Where does a controlling idea belong in an essay?
First sentence of the essay
Last sentence of the essay
Last sentence of the introduction
What is a hook?
A way to catch your reader's interest
A summary of the essay
The main idea
Something you use for fishing
Where does the hook belong in an essay?
Last sentence of the last paragraph
In the body of the essay
First sentence of the first paragraph
What is the purpose of an expository essay?
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
Explain
How do you support your controlling idea?
With a conclusion
With examples
With a hook
How should an essay be organized?
Beginning, middle, end
Introduction, body paragraph with examples, conclusion
Choose the best controlling idea for an essay about a 7th grade student.
I am a seventh grade student.
Many of my friends are in seventh grade.
A seventh grade student faces many challenges.
Some seventh grade students attend summer school.
Choose the best controlling idea for an essay about jogging.
Jogging is a risky but rewarding form of exercise.
Common jogging injuries include sprained ankles and knees.
Special shoes have been designed for joggers.
Many joggers runs on indoor tracks.
Which one should you NOT do during your essay?
Choose your words carefully.
Give too many examples.
Use a variety of punctuation marks.
Be descriptive.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
In the dead of night; The van pulled up.
Chuck would not give, Jaime the seat.
Over coffee and toast, Donovan told me about his school.
Lemonade is my favorite drink?
Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization.
we went to the Amazon River.
Texas is in the united states of america.
The Big Mac is so delicious.
United states is a big country.
Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.
Mrs. Blaha, my science teacher had a baby bunny.
Mrs. Garza, my math teacher, freed the baby bunny.
Mrs. Johnson, wanted to, see the bunny.
Mr. Crampton caught the baby bunny?
Choose the best controlling idea for the prompt.
Explain the importance of a doctor.
Doctors are very important.
Doctors are important because they do stuff.
Doctors are not important.
Doctors are important because they can change people's lives.
Choose the best example to support the controlling idea.
Music is important because it allows people to express feelings.
'Trolls' the movie
National Geographic
Benchwarmers
Fast & The Furious
Choose the best controlling idea for the prompt.
Explain the importance of school uniforms.
School uniforms can make schools safer.
School uniforms are for school.
I don't like school uniforms.
School uniforms are the main idea of this paper.
