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

TEKS.ELA.6.7A

TEKS.ELA.7.7A

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

TEKS.ELA.E2.6A

TEKS.ELA.E3.6B

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

TEKS.ELA.6.6F

TEKS.ELA.7.5C

TEKS.ELA.7.6F

TEKS.ELA.8.6F

TEKS.ELA.8.5C

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

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

TEKS.ELA.LG.2L

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

TEKS.ELA.E2.6A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6A

TEKS.ELA.E3.6D

TEKS.ELA.E4.6A

TEKS.ELA.E4.6D

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

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

Identify the figurative language:

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

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.8C

TEKS.ELA.E1.11H

TEKS.ELA.E4.11H

TEKS.MATH.7.8C

TEKS.MATH.8.8C

Identify the figurative language:

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

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.8B

TEKS.ELA.2.8D

TEKS.ELA.LG.2F

TEKS.ELA.OI.4G

TEKS.ELA.RI.4E

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

TEKS.ELA.7.9B

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

TEKS.ELA.7.9A

TEKS.ELA.8.9A

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

TEKS.ELA.2.9E.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.8

TEKS.ELA.E2.8

TEKS.ELA.E3.8

TEKS.ELA.E4.8

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

• theme

• author's purpose

• context clues

• inference

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.5.3B