STAAR EOC Writing Quizzes

Topics

• Improving and Correcting Sentences

  • Rewriting a Full Sentence

    • Correcting Grammatical Errors

  • Rewriting a Sentence Fragment

    • Avoiding Ambiguity and Redundancy in a Sentence Fragment

    • Correcting Grammatical Errors in a Sentence Fragment

  • Rewriting a Single Word

    • Increasing the Contextual Relevance of a Single Word

• Knowledge of Grammatical Principles

  • Correcting specific grammatical errors in highlighted excerpts

    • Agreement Errors

      • Modifier-Word Modified Agreement Errors

      • Noun-Noun Agreement Errors

    • Conjunction Errors

      • Correlative Conjunction Errors

    • Modifier Placement Errors

      • Misplaced or Interrupting Modifier Errors

    • Punctuation Errors

      • Comma Errors+2 topics

        • Comma Splices

        • Commas for Introductory or Interrupting Phrases

    • Word Usage Errors

      • Other Usage Errors+1 topic

        • Conventional and Idiomatic Usage Errors