
STAAR English II High School 2025 - Past Paper
Quiz by English II - Texas Education Agency
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Read the dictionary entry.
Which definition best matches the use of the word aerial in paragraph 6?

The details in paragraphs 11 through 17 support the key idea that —
Which sentence best expresses the author’s main claim in the selection?
Which sentence from the selection describes a negative consequence of modernization?
The author most likely intended the selection to appeal to people who —
What is the most likely reason the author included details about the AirCar in paragraph 1?
In paragraph 19, the author contrasts an imaginary 2022 version of The Jetsons with its original 1960s version most likely to suggest that —
Read this sentence from paragraph 6.
What is the most likely reason the author uses sensory language in the sentence?

How does the author rebut the counterargument in paragraph 9 that technological advancement, as represented by the flying car, will make life “quick, convenient, and effortless”?
Read this sentence from paragraph 23.
The author uses antithesis in the sentence to stress the idea that —

How does the description of the setting in paragraphs 2, 5, and 8 from the story "Moon Landing” affect Anna?
The scene with Anna and her father in paragraphs 10 through 17 contributes to the plot of the story “Moon Landing” because it leads Anna to —
Anna’s characterization in paragraphs 18 through 21 of the story “Moon Landing” develops a theme by suggesting that she finally —
Read line 6 from the poem “The Apollo 11 Moon Landing.”
The word in line 6 that most helps the reader to understand the meaning of admonishes is _____.

The reader can infer from lines 1 through 4 of the poem “The Apollo 11 Moon Landing” that the speaker is probably —
Read lines 19 through 21 of the poem “The Apollo 11 Moon Landing.”
How does the poet’s use of language in these lines contribute to a happy mood in the poem?

How does the speaker’s repetition of the phrase “I imagine” in lines 5, 16, and 22 of the poem “The Apollo 11 Moon Landing” contribute to the meaning of the poem?
Which inference about the actual moon landing do details from the story “Moon Landing” and the poem “The Apollo 11 Moon Landing” BOTH support?
Based on details from the story “Moon Landing” and the poem “The Apollo 11 Moon Landing,” determine whether each inference can be made about Anna, about the poem’s speaker, or about BOTH.
Read this quotation from the story and this line from the poem.
What is most likely a SIMILAR reason the author and the poet included this quotation and this line?

Read this quotation from the story and these lines from the poem.
How does the use of language in this quotation and these lines create DIFFERENT effects on the reader?

Which statement expresses an idea about society found in the article?

Which quotation from the article shows how American Indians were affected by the fall line?

Read the dictionary entry.
Which definition best matches the use of the word plateau in paragraph 5?

Which ideas should be included in a summary of the article?
Select TWO correct answers
How does the chronological structure of the section “Piedmont Meets Plain” help develop the thesis of the article?

What is the most likely reason the author includes the details in paragraph 12?

What is most likely the author’s purpose for using an advantages-and disadvantages organizational structure in paragraphs 10 and 11?

How does the author’s use of language in paragraph 12 contribute to the tone of the article?

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 19, 20, and 21?
Lyle has not used the most effective word in sentence 24. Which word should best replace happening to create a more effective sentence?
Lyle wants to add a supporting sentence to the fifth paragraph (sentences 22–27). Which sentence should be added after sentence 26?
Lyle wants to add the following idea to the sixth paragraph (sentences 28–33).
Where is the most effective place to insert this idea?

Lyle needs a more effective conclusion to his essay. Which concluding sentence best replaces sentence 35 to accomplish this task?
Chima has included a redundant idea in sentence 18. What is the MOST effective revision to make in this sentence?
What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 21?
The meaning of sentence 24 is unclear. Which phrase should replace They in this sentence?
Which phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 26 to improve the transition between the sixth paragraph (sentences 21–25) and the seventh paragraph (sentences 26–28)?
What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 28?
Chima has included a sentence that does not belong in the eighth paragraph (sentences 29–34). Which sentence should she remove from this paragraph?
What is the correct way to write sentences 5 and 6?
What change needs to be made in sentence 8?
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 10?
What change needs to be made in sentence 11?
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?
Which response corrects the error in sentence 5?
What change needs to be made in sentence 6?
What change needs to be made in sentence 10?
What is the correct way to write sentence 11?