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    English II STAAR
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  • How should this sentence be changed? As the young man read old newspaper articles that were published decades before, his eyes was opened to what life was like in the 19th century.
    G Change read to red
    F Change was opened to were opened
    J Change his to they
    H Change eyes to eye’s
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  • What is the definition of irony
    When the opposite of what you expect happens
    A prediction about the text
    Comparing not using like or as
    When the first letter of each word is the same/repeated
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  • What does theme mean?
    The main conflict
    The events that happen in the text
    The main idea of the text
    The moral lesson you learn
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  • Revise this sentence: “I am proud of my son’s decision,” she commented, and I think he will always remember the day he chose to attend college at the University of Texas.”
    Change I think to we think
    Insert quotation marks before and
    Change University to university
    No change needs to be made in the sentence
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  • What is tone?
    The mood of the story
    How the character feels in the story
    How the story feels
    How I feel while reading
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  • Revise this sentence: It is a movie that has received many awards, a true Masterpiece of a lifetime.
    Delete the comma
    No change should be made in this sentence
    Change Masterpiece to masterpiece
    Change received to recieved
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  • What is necessary to be considered a drama?
    A story told through dialogue/action
    Dramatic elements
    A story that is performed anywhere
    A story that is performed on stage
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  • What are the elements of a sonnet?
    14 lines and has a rhyme scheme
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  • Revise this sentence: At my previous school, where I was captain of the varsity football team I learned a lot about what it means to lead by example.
    Change means to should meant
    Change a lot to alot
    Insert a comma after team
    Delete where
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  • What is imagery?
    A picture
    A picture in your mind about the story
    Writing that evokes one of the 5 senses
    A text feature
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  • What literary device is used in this sentence? He laughed like a donkey.
    A similie
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  • What type of composition would you write for this prompt: "Write about your position on the teaching of banned books in public schools?"
    Your opinion
    Informational
    Argumentative
    compare/contrast
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  • What we call clues or hints that something is going to happen.
    A metaphor
    An educated guess
    An inference
    Foreshadowing
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  • What is forshadowing?
    A hint readers get from the text that infers on something later.
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  • What literary device is this using? The wind whispered in my ear as I walked home.
    metaphor
    imagery
    personification
    similie
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