7th grade STAAR Vocabulary

A feature of a Fiction passage

• climax

• facts

• caption

• heading

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A theme is

• problem

• message or lesson learned.

• main idea

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Point of view is

• main idea of the story

• problem of the story

• climax in the story

• The perspective from which a story is told.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Chronological order

• main idea

• most important events of a story

• time order in which events happens

• turning point of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

To summarize a story it is best to use the following strategy

• BME

• BMED

• SWBST

• WBS

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

SWBST stands for

• Somebody Wanted But So Then

• SO WHAT BUT SO THEN

• SOMETHING WHEN BUT SO THEN

• She Wanted BUT Somebody THEN

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The context of time and place in which the action of a story occurs. How might this influence a story or create a mood?

• priorities

• setting

• speech

• infer

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Makes you think of something

• simile

• subheadings

• opposing

• suggests

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A conclusion one can be one can draw from the presented details. A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

• setting

• opinion

• infer

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is imagery?

• A picture

• A summary of the main point

• A collection of words that appeal to the reader's senses, such as metaphors, similes, alliteration, etc.

• An idea sustained throughout the story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5