7th Grade DCP Review

What is an inference?

• An educated guess or conclusion based on text evidence and prior knowledge

• The author's main message in a story

• The conclusion or resolution of a story

• An educated guess made by the reader based on prior knowledge

Read the following STAAR question:

The author uses the following simile in line 9 to emphasize---

What is the meaning of the word emphasize?

• To show, tell, or express

• To explain

• To highlight or bring importance to

• To describe in detail

Read the following STAAR question:

The sentence best conveys the author's main message by---

What is the meaning of the word convey?

• To show, tell, or express

• To explain

• To highlight or bring importance to

• To describe in detail

Which of the following is included in a fiction summary?

• only important details about the main characters, confict, and resolution

• only interesting details and opinions about the main characters, confict, and resolution

• only key and supporting details about main characters, confict, and resolution

• only minor details about main characters, confict, and resolution

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 36?

• Change that to this
• Change takes to take
• Insert a comma after patience
• Change then to than

What is the correct way to write sentences 24 and 25?

• My father was very clear about this. How long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
• My father was very clear. About how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
• My father was very clear about this he told me how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
• My father was very clear about how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

If given the Short Constructed Response prompt, how should a student respond?

Prompt: How does Victor's actions in French class impact the resolution of the story?

When Mestral first presented his idea to manufacturing companies, the companies were not interested. After several rejections, he enlisted the help of sewing experts in France to develop his idea. At first, Mestral used cotton for his two-sided fasteners but repeated fastening and unfastening caused the cotton to wear too quickly. He eventually began using the synthetic material nylon, which was sturdier. It took Mestral nearly 10 years to perfect his design and automated production methods. The invention was patented in Switzerland in 1955.

Which conclusion is supported by the information in the paragraph above?

• Mestral was determined to make his idea for Velcro a reality

• Mestral was denied help because companies had difficulty manufacturing Velcro

• Mestral did not receive the product rights for Velcro

• Mestral wanted Velcro to be known as the world’s best fastener

Read this dictionary entry.

nice \ınīs\

adj 1. kind and friendly 2. appealing or attractive 3. pleasing or satisfying 4. showing accuracy or skill

Paragraph 11

Thinking about it all, I am ready to burst into tears. If the auburn-haired girl wasn’t sitting in my compartment I would be able to close the door and have a nice cry. But instead, I choke back the tears.

Which definition most closely matches the way the word nice is used in paragraph 11?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Jim was always tinkering in his basement. I was welcome, encouraged even, to join him whenever I liked. I would sit on a high stool for hours and watch him. I think he enjoyed having a dedicated audience of one.

He always had a jawbreaker in his mouth, and when he wasn't clacking it against his teeth, he constantly muttered about everything he did, as if he were a play-by-play announcer describing a game. "And now Jim is soldering the wire to the projector.."

What does the figurative language in paragraph 2 suggest about Jim?

• He likes that someone shares his passion

• He approaches his work with intense focus

• He is interested in both science and sports

• He usually makes up experiments as they occur to him