WorksheetsReview for English II STAAR
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 54mins
What/Who is your best friend during the test?
Caffeine
Your neighbor
Dictionary
Candy
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 NOT be used as an example for your persuasive paper?
Hypothetical events
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 restate your thesis and provide a call of action.
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 concrete examples and details.
Writing an good thesis.
Writing a plausible plot.
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
John Cabot, an Italian, discovered Newfoundland in 1497.
John Cabot, an Italian, who discovered Newfoundland in 1497.
John Cabot, an Italian, whom discovered Newfoundland in 1497.
John Cabot, a Italian, discovered Newfoundland in 1497.
John Cabot, an Italian, who had discovered Newfoundland in 1497.
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.
My academic advisor told me not to take 18 credit hours for the fall semester I regret I didn't listen to her.
My academic advisor told me not to take 18 credit hours this semester, and now I regret not having listened to her.
When my academic advisor told me not to take 18 credit hours this semester, and I now regret not having listened to her.
My academic advisor told me not to take 18 credit hours this semester, now I regret that I did not listen to her.
None of the above
"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
take a nap and hope you wake up in time to finish the test
guess because you are never going to get it
panic and spend 20 minutes on one question
When we wanted to drive to the park we followed the direction from our neighbors we ended up in Canada instead.
We wanted to drive to the park as we followed the directions we received from our neighbors we ended up in Canada.
When we wanted to drive to the park, we followed the directions we received from our neighbors and ended up in Canada instead.
Because we wanted to drive to the park and got wrong directions and ended up in Canada.
None of the above.
The ability to write a good essay is essential you need to take writing intensive English classes.
Due to the fact that the ability to write good essays is essential and you need to take writing intensive English classes.
You need to take writing intensive English classes due to the fact that the ability to write a good essay is very essential.
Since you need to take writing intensive classes, and the ability to write a good essay is essential.
None of the above.
(1) Born in Houston, Texas, Michael Dell is an entrepreneur who launched a computer revolution. (2) His journey began in his college dorm. (3) He became the owner of a megawatt computer company. (4) Dell became an important legend.
Which is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3 to improve the essay’s logical progression as well as to help include a variety of sentences?
As an owner of a megawatt computer company, he began his journey in his college dorm room which led him to become an owner of a successful company.
He began his journey in his college dorm; therefore, he became the owner of a megawatt computer company.
His journey, which began in his dorm room in college, led him to become the owner of a megawatt computer company.
A. His journey ended in his college dorm room when he decided he would become the owner of a computer company.
(1) Born in Houston, Texas, Michael Dell is an entrepreneur who launched a computer revolution. (2) His journey began in his college dorm. (3) He became the owner of a megawatt computer company. (4) Dell became an important legend.
(5) When Dell was eight years old, his parents had to discourage him from applying for his high school equivalency diploma, or GED. (6) Both of his parents were very successful in their careers. (7) Just four years later the boy obtained a special license and conducted a nationwide mail-order stamp auction that earned a net profit of $2,000. (8) By the age of 13, the young entrepreneur was experiencing success in the stock market.
Which of the following would be the best topic sentence to insert at the beginning of paragraph 2 (sentences 5 - 8) to strengthen the ideas and coherence of the paragraph?
Dell’s mom was a stock broker and his father was an orthodontist.
Dell is a native Texan who enjoyed the hot summers and cool winters.
Dell showed early signs of ambition and an interest in business.
Dell landed a job washing dishes at a Chinese restaurant at the age 12.
(15) During his spare time, Dell added features to each machine. (16) He then put advertisements in local newspapers offering these computers for sale at discounted prices. (17) By the spring of 1984, the college freshman was selling nearly $50,000 in computers a month! (18) Dell decided to quit school. (19) He formed the Dell Corporation in May 1985.
(20) Developing and selling its own brand of computer, the company experienced a lot of good things. (21) Many people believe that the corporation’s achievements can be attributed to its elimination of the middleman. (22) The company made the computers, sold them directly to customers, and serviced the machines when problems occurred, unlike many computer stores at the time.
Sentence 20 includes a vague word choice. Which of the following could best replace “a lot of good things” to improve the meaning of the sentence?
phenomenal success
an economic crisis
a disappointing future
an unstable achievement
(9) His passion for computers became apparent when he received his first computer at the age of 15. (10) Fascinated by it, the teenager spent as much time taking the computer apart as he did using it. (11) In 1983, Dell entered the University of Texas at Austin, his interest in computers led him to notice something that would change his life forever. (12) The computer dealers around town had more personal computers in stock than they could sell. (13) Dell arranged to buy some of their surplus computers. (14) He soon had a huge assortment of computers.
Sentence 10 is unclear because it contains an indefinite reference. The writer can clarify the meaning of this sentence by changing it to -
his ambition
the machine
his passion
the University of Austin
Everyday Heroes
(1) “This patient is crashing! (2) Get me two units of O negative! (3) Stat!” (4) An anxious doctor barks out the orders that could save a patient’s life. (5) A blood transmission is needed. (6) You’ve probably watched scenes like this in TV shows or movies. (7) But have you ever thought about how you can help save lives in situations like these?
Roberto wants to increase the intensity created in his introduction. Which of the following would be the BEST way to rewrite sentence 5 to accomplish this goal?
The blood that the patient is losing needs to be replaced as soon as possible.
The patient is losing a massive amount of blood and is in desperate need of a transfusion.
The anxious doctor realizes that a blood transfusion is needed when he notices the blood loss.
You may know someone who has needed a blood transfusion in the past.
(8) According to the American Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds. (9) People need transfusions for a wide variety of reasons. (10) There are patients who have been burned, been in accidents, or lost blood during surgery. (11) Also, whenever there is a devastating event, the need for blood can become even more critical, such as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
(12) Donating blood is something that almost any adult can do. (13) The main requirements are that the donor be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in good health. (14) The process usually requires less than an hour of the donor’s time. (15) Most people say that it is almost painless.
Roberto would like to add a transition to connect the paragraphs 2 and 3 more effectively. Which transition should be added to the beginning of sentence 12?
Fortunately,
As an example,
For example,
In fact,
