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WorksheetsEOC STAAR English II
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What/Who is your best friend during the test?
Caffeine
Your neighbor
Dictionary
Mr. Stewart
Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitional word or phrase?
As an example
He said
Likewise
On the other hand
Which of the following should only be a last resort for examples for your persuasive paper?
Observations
Current Events
History
Literature
Which is the BEST way to ensure your reader understands why your reasons support your thesis?
Provide as many examples as you can.
Provide good concrete details and commentary.
Provide the reader with examples that speak for themselves.
Provide a long conclusion to explain the examples.
When writing an EOC-style persuasive essay, how should you BEST end your essay?
Try to fill up the whole space and stop when you do.
You should write a counter-argument and restate your thesis.
You should make sure that you write an entire conclusion.
You should just rewrite your thesis. You should just rewrite your thesis.
Which of the following is LEAST important on the essay?
Planning an essay.
Providing good examples and support.
Polishing your essay.
Writing a full introduction and conclusion.
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work is its...
theme
personification
author's purpose
tone
The author's attitude conveyed by a piece of literature is...
theme
tone
author's purpose
main idea
When joining two sentences together, what goes before the subordinating conjunction?
comma
period
semicolon
colon
If I do not know a multiple choice answer, I should
Leave it blank,
it won't count against me
Read each answer, eliminate, and make the best guess
Make a pretty picture out of the bubbles
On the reading section, I should...
Just start reading and skim through the boring parts
Don't read the whole passage, just go question by question
Read and annotate the passage
Which strategies can you use when answering multiple-choice questions?
Read question and circle, highlight, or underline key words.
Make notes in the margins
Justify your answers with evidence from the text.
All of the above.
What is a good way to add a counter-argument?
write a thesis for the opposing argument
include a paragraph about the opposing argument
Some people may say - end with your thesis
you should never include an opposing argument
"He was a Good Samaritan when he helped the lady start her car." This is an example of...
alliteration
allusion
similie
personification
The frog fell flat as it flew across the frozen lake. This is an example of...
allusion
metaphor
alliteration
simile
On the revising/editing section, I should...
Only read the sentence mentioned in the question
Forget everything I learned about grammar and guess
Choose C
make the changes in the text and look for the correct answer
You are frustrated because you don't understand some of the material on the exam. You should
take a break, go to the bathroom, walk around
move on but circle those questions to go back and review
guess because you are never going to get it
panic and spend 20 minutes on one question
The morning of the test, I should
Eat 6 breakfast tacos and 5 cups of coffee.
Wake up late, and sprint to the test and chug a Red Bull
Eat nothing, who needs breakfast
Get to school early and eat breakfast at school.
As a snack, a good choice would be...
Flamin' hot cheetos
Easy Mac
Fried Chicken
Goldfish
Remember that although you need to pass the STAAR exam to graduate
one test does not dictate your intelligence
you are worth more than a test
Mrs. Kozich will be proud of you regardless
all of the above
