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7th Reading STAAR Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a claim?

a)

the building of a story; usually when characters try to solve their problem

b)

a brief statement or main points of a reading

c)

the main idea of a persuasive/argumentative and is also known as an argument.

d)

common errors in an argument

2.

what is plot?

a)

the events as they happen in a story

b)

when and where the story happens

c)

the problem

d)

how the story ends

3.

What is a simile?

a)

a comparison of two unlike things directly calling one thing the other

b)

a comparison of two unlike things using words "like" or "as"

c)

an extreme exaggeration of something

d)

giving living qualities to nonliving things

4.

What is a theme?

a)

the answer

b)

the main idea

c)

the lesson/moral of the story

d)

the way someone decorates something

5.

What is a scene?

a)

the actions in a play

b)

a part of a play

c)

when someone makes a big deal out of something

d)

a conversation between two or more people

6.

What is a summary?

a)

a brief statement on the main points of a story or passage

b)

the lesson or moral of a story

c)

how an author puts their writing together

d)

an irrelevant point that is full of error

7.

what is an opinion?

a)

something that is important

b)

emotional conflict within a character

c)

how someone feels about something

d)

a hint at the start of the story to an event that will happen later in the story

8.

What is the purpose of loaded language?

a)

to show something as it is really happening

b)

to trigger an emotional response

c)

to appeal to the 5 senses

d)

to state the problem of the story

9.

What is the structure an author uses to put their writing together?

a)

text organization

b)

thesis statement

c)

diagram

d)

caption

10.

The reason why an author writes the text or phrase

a)

author's craft

b)

author's organization

c)

author's purpose

d)

author's caption

11.

"paragraphs" in a poem

a)

stanza

b)

lines

c)

line break

d)

rhythm

12.

A conversation between two or more people

a)

quotation

b)

summary

c)

fact

d)

dialogue

13.

The way something is seen.

a)

imagery

b)

perspective

c)

stereotype

d)

primary

14.

What is plot?

a)

how the story ends

b)

the turning point or climax of the story

c)

the problem in the story

d)

the events as they happen in a story

15.

uses the 5 senses to appeal to the reader

a)

suspense

b)

sensory language

c)

point of view

d)

resolution

16.

The attitude of the author/speaker that is based on emotion words

a)

tone

b)

speaker

c)

mood

d)

hyperbole

17.

Giving living qualities to nonliving things

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

18.

the person who writes a play

a)

author

b)

poet

c)

speaker

d)

playwright

19.

a space between lines that separates a stanza

a)

lines

b)

line break

c)

rhythm

d)

fact

20.

convey means

a)

to show

b)

to emphasize

c)

to highlight

d)

all of them

21.

which word sequence is in the correct alphabetical order?

a)

bear, cat, conceal, ant

b)

conceal, cat, bear, ant

c)

ant, cat, bear, conceal

d)

ant, bear cat, conceal

22.

which word sequence is in the correct alphabetical order?

a)

alone, confused, happy, sad

b)

happy, sad, alone, confused

c)

confused, happy, sad, alone

d)

sad, happy, confused, alone

23.

which word sequence is in the correct alphabetical order?

a)

alliterating, alligator, ate, apples

b)

apples, alligator, ate, alliterating

c)

alligator, alliteration, apples, ate

d)

ate, apples, alligator, alliterating

24.

which word sequence is in the correct alphabetical order?

a)

jiffy, jib, jive, jicama

b)

jib, jive, jicama, jiffy

c)

jib, jicama, jive, jiffy

d)

jib, jicama, jiffy, jive

25.

which word sequence is in the correct alphabetical order?

a)

sequel, sequence, sequential, sequester

b)

sequel, sequential, sequester, sequence

c)

sequence, sequential, sequel, sequester

d)

sequester, sequel, sequence, sequencial