7th grade STAAR Reading Review

What is a theme of a story?

• the emotions of the characters

• the time and place

• a character's personality

• a lesson or message

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is an inference?

• What the text directly says

• Throwing a dart at your answers, seeing where it lands, and choosing the corresponding choice

• An educated guess based on text evidence

• Language whose meaning is different than what is literally stated

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is the conflict of a story?

• A character's personality

• The character's problem - internal or external

• The time and place

• The lesson or message

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

In the following sentence, what can you infer is Mina’s character trait?

Mina submitted her college application with a sad sigh. “I probably won’t get in,” she said to her friend.

• persistent

• confident

• insecure

• lazy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is figurative language?

• Words or phrases that do not mean exactly what they say

• Words that convey mood and tone

• Words that means exactly what they say

• Words and phrases that give clues to what an unknown word means

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the figurative language:

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the figurative language:

The teenager’s room was a disaster area with dirty clothes thrown everywhere.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is author's purpose?

• the main idea of a text

• the evidence an author uses to support a claim

• the subjective point of view of an author

• why an author wrote a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• a quote from a friend

• evidence

• opinions

• rephrasing their claim in different ways

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

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

• theme

• author's purpose

• context clues

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4