Reading Staar Review 7th Grade

If the test asks you the meaning of a word and there is NOT a box with the definitions given, what should you do?

• Look up the word yourself

• Guess

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 

• Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.
• Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
  

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

In a fiction story, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about

• The topic of the text

• A message the author is trying to get across to the reader

• Where and when the story happens

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Setting can give clues about a story's _____. 

• plot
• conflict
• mood
• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude toward the characters?
• Where and when does the story take place?
• Who are the people the story is about?
  Why and why did the author write the story?

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

What is the setting of the passage below?
One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion. 

• winter in a train station of a busy city
• a hospital in the future
• a summer morning in a castle
• a grocery store in the 1980's

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

In the passage below, what can you infer about Randolph using clues from the setting?
One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• Randolph is a mean person.
• Randolph is a prince or king. 
• Randolph has an older sister. 
• The setting doesn't give me any clues about Randolph. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

If the passage below were set in a snowy park where children were playing, what could you infer?
Lena laughed loudly. "I can't believe you did that!" she said, smiling.

• Lena might have been gently hit by a snowball.
• Lena might be lost.
• Lena might be playing a board game or card game. 
• Lena might be talking to herself. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

If that passage below were set at Lena's birthday party, what could you infer?
Lena laughed loudly. "I can't believe you did that!" she said, smiling.

• Lena might have received an unexpected present.
• Lena might be a very selfish character.
• Lena might be mad at her best friend.
• Lena might be talking to her uncle. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

Which description of a setting would best create a mood of loneliness for a story?

• "The sun was bright, and the breeze was warm in the park. In the distance, there was the pleasant noise of children laughing."
• "The restaurant was packed. The waitress balanced three dishes on her arm and moved carefully around the large, round tables. Everyone's plates were full."
• "At the amusement park, the ticket counter hadn't opened yet. It was still too early. But the warm smell of hot dogs and pretzels was already filling the air with the promise of fun."
• "The sky was gray that cool November afternoon in the empty playground. The swings were rusted. The wood was rotted. There was silence except for the wind blowing through the dead leaves."

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3