7th grade STAAR Reading Review

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What are context clues?

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

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What is a character's conflict in a story?

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The character's problem - internal or external.

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What is the organizational structure that shows a cause leading to an effect?

Back

Cause-effect.

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What is the best organizational structure for presenting events in history?

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Chronological.

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What does it mean to make an inference?

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To draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.

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What is the theme of a story?

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The central idea or message that the author wants to convey.

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What is author's purpose?

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The reason an author writes a text, such as to inform, entertain, or persuade.

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What are the main types of conflict in literature?

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Internal conflict (within a character) and external conflict (between characters or between a character and an outside force).

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What is a summary?

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A brief statement that presents the main points of a text.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.