7th grade STAAR Reading Review

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What is a theme of a story?

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a lesson or message

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What is an inference?

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An educated guess based on text evidence

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What is the conflict of a story?

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The character's problem - internal or external

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What can you infer is Mina’s character trait from the sentence: Mina submitted her college application with a sad sigh. “I probably won’t get in,” she said to her friend.

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insecure

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What is figurative language?

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Words or phrases that do not mean exactly what they say

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Identify the figurative language: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

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simile

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Identify the figurative language:
The teenager’s room was a disaster area with dirty clothes thrown everywhere.

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metaphor

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What is author's purpose?

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why an author wrote a text

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What does an author use to best support a claim in a persuasive text?

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evidence

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Words in a sentence/surrounding paragraph that help you understand the meaning of a word.

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context clues