7thGrade ELA STAAR Review

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

A theme is

• problem

• message or lesson learned

• main idea

• autobiography

The part of the script in a drama that tells the actors how they are to move or speak their lines.

• problem solution

• plot development

• stage directions

• text structures

Any tool to help the reader understand the themes of a selection better. Ex. Pictures, quotes, text boxes, modified text: italics, bold, all caps...

• context clues

• graphic elements

• stage directions

  convey

• inference

True or False: An inference is an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning; in other words inference is an educated guess.

• True

• False

“In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox (a virus), taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation (vaccine). This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.”

~Benjamin Franklin

What is Benjamin Franklin’s author’s purpose and main idea?

• to inform readers about the benefits of vaccinating a child, including protection from small pox.

• to describe in details the death of his son due to Franklin's omission of vaccinating his child.

• to persuade other parents to have their child vaccinated to avoid experiencing the death of their child like he did.

• to convince parents that vaccinations, while preventing the death of a child, entail other risks that make them not worth it.

The qualities that define a character.

• character traits

• theme

• conflict

• tone

The process of taking context clues & coming to a logical conclusion based on the evidence presented.

• stage directions

• context clues

• inference

• convey

An author's attitude toward his subject- can be positive, negative, or neutral.

• tone

• mood

• claim

• detail

Chronological order is

• main idea

• most important events of a story

• time order in which events happens

• turning point of the story