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Top 5 Ways to Success on STAAR: Literary Writing

Top 5 Ways to Success on STAAR: Literary Writing. Consistent Verb Tense. I am so confused? I am walking into the school and went to my classroom. When you Revise and Edit, you will want to check this. It’s easier to make all of them in PAST TENSE.

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Top 5 Ways to Success on STAAR: Literary Writing

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  1. Top 5 Ways to Success on STAAR:Literary Writing

  2. Consistent Verb Tense I am so confused? I am walking into the school and went to my classroom. When you Revise and Edit, you will want to check this. It’s easier to make all of them in PAST TENSE. I went into the school and went to my classroom.

  3. Make it JUICY! Circle the words that could use some juice! Get a Roget’s to help you make it juicy!

  4. Give it some character! Make sure you give life to your character! * Denny was usually bashful, but that day he stepped up. * The smallest kid in the school was Shawna, my best friend. She was 4 feet tall, period. * You could see Carla’s red hair from ½ mile away.

  5. Keep the focus! What is this about, anyway? You got off the prompt! Yipes! Check your prompt from time to time, making sure you haven’t gone off on a tangent! Use the key word in the prompt, though sparingly, in your paper. She didn’t know at the time how long she would be affected by that nightmare, but for the rest of her life she slept with the light on.

  6. Plot the story! Make sure you have a Middle (CLIMAX) Beginning End

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