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7th Reading STAAR review

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of influence?

a)

to have an effect on someone or something

b)

to symbolize something

c)

to describe something

d)

to characterize something

2.

What is the definition of characterize?

a)

Characterize means to describe someone or something.

b)

Characterize means to eat pizza.

c)

Characterize means to represent or stand for something else.

d)

Characterize means to have an effect on someone.

3.

What does the Statue of Liberty do?

a)

The Statue of Liberty symbolizes new beginnings.

b)

The Statue of Liberty evaluates new beginnings.

c)

The Statue of Liberty characterizes new beginnings.

4.

Select the definition of symbolize.

a)

To describe someone or something.

b)

To represent or stand for something.

c)

To carefully judge someone or something.

5.
Point out or show.
a)
Motivate
b)
Evaluate
c)
Establish
d)
Indicate
6.
Examine in detail the structure of something, typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.
a)
Influence
b)
Contribute
c)
Analyze
d)
Indicate
7.
Stating of another piece of writing in your own words is?
a)
glossary
b)
source
c)
paraphrase
d)
quote
8.
Anything that supplies information is a?
a)
works cited
b)
database
c)
reliable
d)
source
9.
Briefly retelling the main ideas of a piece of writing in your own words is?
a)
primary source
b)
relevant
c)
secondary source
d)
summarizing
10.
Information that is able to be trusted and accurate is?
a)
relevant
b)
reliable
c)
glossary
d)
source
11.
What is an excerpt?
a)
a book or story
b)
a quotation
c)
an inference
d)
a piece of a larger writing
12.
What does primarily mean?
a)
mostly or most importantly
b)
first or at the beginning
c)
not very important
d)
inference or conclusion
13.
A questions that asks for supporting details or something that supports an idea is asking for...
a)
an inference
b)
evidence
c)
a selection
d)
a definition
14.
Most likely means...
a)
not really
b)
not very true
c)
at the beginning
d)
probably
15.
Non-fiction is...
a)
true and informational
b)
not real
16.
In the question, "Which sentence best  illustrates Noah's conflict?", illustrates means: 
a)
evidence
b)
names
c)
explains 
d)
infers
17.
The time and place of a story
a)
resolution
b)
climax
c)
setting
18.

If an author wanted a detail or concept to show as important they may want to put extra _________________ on it by writing it in bold text or underlining it.

a)

contribute

b)

emphasis

c)

suggest

d)

imagery

19.

When something benefits something else it is ...

a)

not good.

b)

strange.

c)

helpful.

d)

using the 5 senses.

20.

A viewpoint can represents the __________________of an author.

a)

question

b)

plot

c)

summary

d)

thinking or mindset

21.

When looking at a graded paper, an X usually _______________ a wrong answer.

a)

indicates

b)

helps

c)

contributes

d)

suggests

22.

Conversation between characters in a story is an author's use of _____________________ and will usually include quotations marks.

a)

inference

b)

dialect

c)

emphasis

d)

dialogue

23.

Sensory language is used by an author to show...

a)

what something was before it changed.

b)

a decision.

c)

what something smells like, looks like, sounds like, feels like, or how it tastes.

d)

a good result.

24.

Illustrate does not always mean to draw a picture, it could also mean to...

a)

explain with examples to help the reader understand a message or idea.

b)

show importance.

c)

make a decision based on prior knowledge.

d)

talk someone into something.

25.

To make something clear and understandable is to...

a)

suggest it.

b)

contribute it.

c)

clarify it.

d)

factor it.

26.

When a STAAR reading question asks you about what something 'suggests', it is referring to what the detail...

a)

hints at, or causes one to think.

b)

explains using examples.

c)

show is important.

d)

concludes.

27.
The enemy of the main character.
a)
Protagonist
b)
Antagonist
c)
Conflict Man vs. Man
28.
A fictional story that teaches a lesson.
a)
Nonfiction
b)
Drama
c)
Myth/Folktale
29.
An order using time.
a)
Sequence
b)
Chronological
c)
Description
30.
The paragraphs of poetry.
a)
Excerpt
b)
Stanzas
c)
Dialogue
d)
Lines
31.
A statement that can be proven true.
a)
Opinion
b)
Dialogue
c)
Excerpt
d)
Fact
32.
Hints in the text to help the reader understand a word.
a)
Synonym
b)
Context Clues
c)
Antonym
d)
Stage Directions
33.
Words that have the same meaning.
a)
Antonym
b)
Synonym
c)
Context Clues
d)
Facts
34.
The BME (PS) of a story.
a)
Summary
b)
Problem
c)
Fact
d)
Stanza
35.
The way the author organizes the text.
a)
Text Structure
b)
Text Features
c)
Exposition
d)
Stanzas
36.
The words that give the actors instructions on what to do in a play.
a)
Script
b)
Plot
c)
Stage Directions
d)
Props
37.
Guessing what will happen in the future.
a)
Flashback
b)
Prediction
c)
Climax
d)
Opinion
38.
A text structure that presents the reason something happens and the result of it happening.
a)
Sequence
b)
Compare/Contrast
c)
Chronological
d)
Cause/Effect
39.
The reason the author has for writing.
a)
Prediction
b)
Author's Purpose
c)
Main Idea
d)
Logical Appeal
40.
The narrator is a character in the story.
a)
1st Person POV
b)
2nd Person POV
c)
3rd Person POV
d)
Character
41.
Brief explanation of a picture/illustration.
a)
Description
b)
Details
c)
Main Idea
d)
Caption
42.
The narrator is not a character in the story.
a)
1st Person POV
b)
3rd person POV
c)
2nd Person POV
d)
Protagonist
43.

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature

a)

allusion

b)

analogy

c)

myth

44.

The text of a play, film, or broadcast

a)

structure

b)

dialogue

c)

script

45.

A brief statement or account of the main points of something

a)

summary

b)

allusion

c)

inference

46.

Language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words

a)

literary elements

b)

elements of a story

c)

figurative language

47.
What compares 2 unlike things without using like or as?
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
48.
What repeats the same sounds at the beginning of each word?
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
49.
What compares 2 unlike things using like or as?
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
50.
What gives non-human things human characterstics?
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
51.
What tells the moral or the lesson of the story?
a)
main idea
b)
point of view
c)
imagery
d)
theme
52.
What is the position in which the story is told from?
a)
1st person
b)
point of view
c)
3rd person
d)
7th person
53.
What is the general attitude of the poem?
a)
mood
b)
idea
c)
theme
d)
tone
54.
What means the importance of?
a)
significance
b)
infer
c)
contribute
d)
emphasize
55.
Which of the following is NOT another word or synonym for theme?
a)
main idea
b)
moral 
c)
lesson
d)
message
56.
Expresses means to
a)
squeeze
b)
go very fast
c)
communicate
d)
listen
57.
Sensory language used by the author helps the reader to see or visualize what they are reading. Choose an example of sensory language below.
a)
The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a rattle snake. 
b)
It was extremely windy outside.
c)
The walls of the house shook.
d)
The wind blew the trees.
58.

To explain something to create a mental image in the reader’s mind - especially focusing on the five senses.

a)

analyze

b)

infer

c)

summarize

d)

describe

59.

To make something clear by giving reasons

a)

infer

b)

persuade

c)

cause

d)

explain

60.
To convince someone of your idea(s) on something through logic or reasoning
a)
infer
b)
analyze
c)
persuade
d)
evidence
61.
The reason for something; the trigger
a)
infer
b)
evidence
c)
cause
d)
effect
62.
What happened as a result of something else; the result or consequence
a)
effect
b)
cause
c)
infer
d)
conclude
63.
To go into or provide more details about something
a)
analyze
b)
summarize
c)
evaluate
d)
elaborate
64.
to finish; to bring something to an end; to decide after careful thought
a)
phrase
b)
develop
c)
excerpt
d)
conclude
65.

First-person point of view

a)

You open your eyes and stretch.

b)

He yawned and sat up in bed.

c)

"Don't be late," his mom reminded.

d)

I cannot believe the weekend's over.

66.

Stereotyping-

a)

Persuades the audience to support the cause or buy their product due to the positive or negative results that could/will take place.

b)

Unfairly suggests that all members of the group are the same.

c)

A kind of extended metaphor or long simile in which an explicit comparison is made between two things (events, ideas, people, etc.).

d)

Is the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

67.

Which statement is an example of stereotyping?

a)

People who speak french are usually from France.

b)

All teachers get summer vacations.

c)

All pit-bull dogs are aggressive.

d)

Math is the most difficult subject to learn in middle school.

68.

The person who writes the play is the...

a)

director

b)

stage

c)

playwright

69.

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

70.

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

71.

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

72.

A conversation between two or more people

a)

quotation

b)

summary

c)

fact

d)

dialogue

73.

uses the 5 senses to appeal to the reader

a)

suspense

b)

sensory language

c)

point of view

d)

resolution

74.

What is an inference?

a)

What the text directly says

b)

Throwing a dart at your answers, seeing where it lands, and choosing the corresponding choice

c)

An educated guess based on text evidence

d)

Language whose meaning is different than what is literally stated

75.

What is the conflict of a story?

a)

A character's personality

b)

The character's problem - internal or external

c)

The time and place

d)

The lesson or message

76.

Identify the figurative language:


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

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

77.

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

a)

theme

b)

author's purpose

c)

context clues

d)

inference

78.

Joanne’s mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated.


What does confiscate mean?

a)

take away

b)

used

c)

give back

d)

loan

79.

What is the theme of the sentences below?


Carson beamed in delight at the A on his test. He had studied all week, and this was his result!

a)

Failure is a consequence of poor choices

b)

Defy expectations

c)

Those who try will be the only ones to succeed

d)

Hard work pays off

80.

Michael was the quarterback of the football team and he was best friends with his teammate, Bucky Barnes. Everything was fine until Michael was seriously injured and removed from the team. Bucky would not visit him in the hospital, and he began hanging out with the new quarterback.


Infer why Bucky refuses to talk to Michael anymore.

a)

Bucky feels guilty about Michael's injury

b)

Bucky was only friends with Michael because he was on the football team

c)

Bucky thinks Michael is a quitter.

d)

Bucky is unsure how to comfort Michael over his injury.

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