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STAAR Countdown Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name

Class

Date

After running the mile, Little Bobby was a rock laying on the ground.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

After running the mile, little Bobby was a rock laying on the ground. Little Bobby felt....

exhausted

sleepy

a little tired

lazy

Running the mile was like climbing Mt. Everest.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Running the mile was like climbing Mt. Everest. This suggests that running the mile was...

slightly tiring

near impossible

a fun experience

a "cool" event

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after I ran the mile.

simile

metaphor

personfication

hyperbole

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after I ran the mile. What does this most suggest?

my tennis shoes were worn out

running the mile was hard work

my feet smelled so bad that it looked like my tennis shoes were making a face

tennis shoes are growing sentient and developing human characteristics so that they can later take over the world. All hail our new overlords!

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

She is as pretty as a flower.

She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.

She is a beautiful flower.

She is very pretty.

Harry Potter has a scar on his forehead. This scar symbolizes

a family name

royalty

the chosen one

a fight with a leader

Repetition of the same letter many times in a sentence

Understatement

Metaphor

Personification

Alliteration

10.

Words that imitate sounds

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

11.

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

change family to Family

change I to me

change river to River

The sentence is correct.

12.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

When I opened my present I let out a yell.

Delete When

Change I to we

Change I let out to and yell out

Insert a comma after present.

13.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

Change friends to friend's

Insert a comma after After

Insert a comma after shopping

Insert a comma after store

14.

His name was given to him by his grandmother, which means “brave one” in another language.

What is the most effective revision to make?

His name, which means “brave one” in another language, was given to him by his grandmother.

Since his name was given to him by his grandmother, it means “brave one” in another language.

His name was given to him by his grandmother, it means “brave one” in another language.

Given to him by a grandmother, in another language, his name means “brave one.”

15.

When Thomas missed him, he would sit in the woods, and the sound of the birds chirping was what he would listen to.

What is the most effective revision to make?

Thomas would watch and listen to the sounds of birds chirping when he missed him in the woods.

When Thomas missed him, he would sit in the woods he would watch and listen to the sounds of birds chirping.

Thomas would watch, and he would listen to the sounds of birds chirping in the woods when he missed him.

When Thomas missed him, he would sit in the woods and listen to the sound of birds chirping.

16.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.

Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do.

Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.

Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do.

17.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

18.

He was learning how to solve equations. He found a trick that would make it easier.

What is the most effective way to combine the 2 sentences?

While learning how to solve equations, he found a trick that would make it easier.

He was learning how to solve equations because he found a trick that would make it easier.

While learning how to solve equations, a trick that he figured out made it easier.

He was learning to solves the equations, then, he found a trick that would make it easier.

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STAAR Countdown Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 24mins

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