
STAAR English I High School 2025 - Past Paper
Quiz by English I - Texas Education Agency
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In paragraph 5, what does the word refutes mean?
Read this quotation from paragraph 3.
The quotation best supports the inference that people —

Which statement best expresses the author’s claim in the selection?
The details about audiobooks in paragraphs 6 and 7 support the key idea that listening to audiobooks—
What audience is the author most likely addressing in the selection?
What is the most likely reason the author uses a cause-and-effect organizational structure in paragraphs 2 and 3?
In paragraph 1, the author uses the phrase "don headphones or pair their mobile devices to their cars' speakers" to emphasize that —
How does the author dispute the counterargument made by skeptics who doubt the value of listening to audiobooks?
Read this quotation from paragraph 8.
What is the most likely reason the author includes this sweeping generalization in the selection?

In the excerpt from Kokoro, which detail does the author include to connect the setting to a theme about the significance of change?
In paragraphs 2 through 4 of the excerpt from Kokoro, which word helps the reader understand the meaning of the word avid as it is used in paragraph 3?
Which event from the excerpt from Kokoro best contributes to a theme connected to the importance of being authentic?
Read this quotation from paragraph 3 of the story "The List."
The author uses oxymoron in this quotation most likely to convey —

Based on the conversation that takes place at the end of the story "The List," what will Mia most like to next?
Which quotation from the story "The List" supports the conclusion that Mia and Amit's social group participates in the competitions between them?
What can the reader infer from Mia's actions in paragraphs 8 through 12 in the story "The List"?
What are most likely reasons the author of the excerpt from Kokoro and the author of the story "The List" include SIMILAR details in paragraph 1 of the excerpt and paragraphs 1 through 3 of the story?
Select TWO correct answers.
Read these sentences from paragraph 7 of the story "The List."
Which sentence from the excerpt from Kokoro best expresses a SIMILAR idea?

The reader can conclude that Sensei in the excerpt from Kokoro is DIFFERENT from Amit in the story "The List" because Sensei —
Read these quotations from the excerpt from Kokoro and from the story "The List."
How does the author's language in the quotation from Kokoro DIFFER from the author's language in the quotation from "The List"?

Read the dictionary entry.
Which definition best matches the use of the word emblazoned in paragraph 3?

Which statement best expresses the thesis of the article?
Which quotation from the article best supports the idea that the contents of the time capsule held public interest?
What is most likely the author's purpose for presenting the information in the article chronologically?
Read this quotation from paragraph 4.
The author includes this information most likely to —

What can the reader infer about Samuel Adams and Paul Revere from paragraphs 1 through 4?
Select TWO correct answers.
Read this paragraph.
Which sentence should be included in this paragraph to make a complete summary of the article?

In paragraph 10, the author includes the sentence “Only time will tell!” to emphasize that —
Ramsey wants to use a more effective and descriptive word than big in sentence 7. Which word should replace big in this sentence?
Ramsey wants to add this sentence to the third paragraph (sentences 10-13).
Where should this sentence be added?

What revision, if any, is needed in sentence 14?
What is the BEST way to combine sentences 21 and 22?
Ramsey has used an inappropriate transition at the beginning of sentence 31. Which word or phrase should replace Comparatively in this sentence?
Which sentence should replace sentence 37 to bring this paper to a more effective conclusion?
What revision, if any, is needed in sentence 5?

Which sentence can BEST follow and support sentence 14?

What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 17?

Luisa needs a better transition between the fourth paragraph (sentences 13–18) and the fifth paragraph (sentences 19–27). Which sentence should replace sentence 19 to help improve this transition?

Luisa wants to use a more effective and descriptive word than fun in sentence 28. Which word should replace fun in this sentence?

What change needs to be made in sentence 2?
What change needs to be made in sentence 3?
What change needs to be made in sentence 5?
What change needs to be made in sentence 9?
What change needs to be made in sentence 12?
What change needs to be made in sentence 3?
What is the correct way to write sentence 7?
What change needs to be made in sentence 8?
What is the correct way to write sentences 11 and 12?