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  •  English    15     Public
    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.
    J Change his to they
    F Change was opened to were opened
    H Change eyes to eye’s
    G Change read to red
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  • What is the definition of irony
    When the opposite of what you expect happens
    When the first letter of each word is the same/repeated
    Comparing not using like or as
    A prediction about the text
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  • What does theme mean?
    The main idea of the text
    The moral lesson you learn
    The events that happen in the text
    The main conflict
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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
    No change needs to be made in the sentence
    Change University to university
    Insert quotation marks before and
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  • What is tone?
    How the character feels in the story
    How I feel while reading
    How the story feels
    The mood of the story
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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
    Change received to recieved
    No change should be made in this sentence
    Change Masterpiece to masterpiece
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  • What is necessary to be considered a drama?
    A story that is performed on stage
    A story told through dialogue/action
    A story that is performed anywhere
    Dramatic elements
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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.
    Insert a comma after team
    Change means to should meant
    Change a lot to alot
    Delete where
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  • What is imagery?
    A text feature
    A picture
    Writing that evokes one of the 5 senses
    A picture in your mind about the story
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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?"
    compare/contrast
    Informational
    Argumentative
    Your opinion
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  • What we call clues or hints that something is going to happen.
    A metaphor
    Foreshadowing
    An educated guess
    An inference
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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
    personification
    imagery
    similie
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