7th gr: Week 33 STAAR Review

the background, environment, setting, framework, or surroundings of events or occurrences. ;forming a background of an event, idea or statement, in such a way as to help readers to understand

• context

• literal

• sensory images

actual; not exaggerating

• literal

• interpretive

• connections

It is when a reader combines their schema(what they know) and the information in the text to create an image in their mind.

• sensory images

• literary elements

• inference

a relation between things or events

• connection

• inference

• sensory images

a guess using clues from the story and what you already know.

• inference

• literary elements

• simile

a reasonable way that something happens or would happen

• logical order

• cause & effect

• sequential order

to write a short version of the main parts of a story

• summarize

• text evidence

• context clues

evidence from a story that you can use to show your ideas and support your arguments.

• text evidence

• summary

• logical order

why the author wrote the story

• author's purpose

• facts

• main idea

a specific part; something that supports the main idea

• details

• facts

• context clues