7th Grade Milestone Vocabulary

Passages that are stories, dramas, or poems.

• Literary Texts

• Theme

• Resolution

• Figurative Language

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text. By contrast, an explicit idea or message is fully stated or revealed by the author. The author tells the reader exactly what he or she needs to know.

• Characterization

• Inference

• Setting

• Plot

The lesson or message of a text. For example, a story could be about two friends who like to do things together, and the theme might be the importance of friendship.

• Objective Summary

• Setting

• Theme

• Figurative Language

The most important or idea that the author is making in a passage. The central idea is also known as the main idea.

• Resolution

• Theme

• Inference

• Central Idea

An overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

• Objective Summary

• Central Idea

• Characterization

• Plot

The specific order of a series of events that form a story.

• Plot

• Literary texts

• Theme

• Setting

The way an author develops a character over the course of a passage.

• Setting

• Resolution

• Characterization

• Figurative Language

Where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location.

• Theme

• Central Idea

• Objective Summary

• Setting

The solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict.

• Resolution

• Literary texts

• Central idea

• Theme

Literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases.

• Figurative language

• Plot

• Central Idea

• Setting