7th Grade STAAR Vocab Review - Collier

Front

Details that explain or support the main idea are called ____.

Back

supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Front

A small story added to an argumentative text to support a point is called an _____

Back

anecdote

Front

What is it called when you describe a passage's central idea and key details without opinions?

Back

summarize

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Front

What you know + what the author writes is called an _____

Back

inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Front

Language used by writers to create imagery is called____

Back

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Comparisons using "like" or "as" are called _____

Back

similes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Compare two things or ideas without "like" or "as" is called a ______.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Repetition of a consonant letter in phrases like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers."

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Sound words that describe objects are called ______.

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Giving objects or animals human traits is called __________.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A