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7th Grade STAAR Reading Exam/94 Questions with Verified answers
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7th Grade STAAR Reading Exam/94Questions with Verified answers
setting - - where and when the story takes place
- conflict - - the problem in the story
- main idea - - what a piece of writing is mainly about
- theme - - The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into
life or overall message of the story
- summary - - to shorten (3-5 sentences) and tell the beginning, middle, and
end of a passage
- chronological order - - in the time order in which events happened
- persuasive - - used to convice the reader of the writer's point of view
- procedural - - writing that tells how to do something
- myth - - a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of
natural phenomena
- origin - - a beginning or coming into being
- autobiography - - the story of a person's life written by that person in first
person point of view
- point of view - - the perspective from which a story is told
- first person point of view - - Told from the viewpoint of one of the
characters using the pronouns "I" and We"
- third person limited point of view - - the narrator focuses on the thoughts
and feelings of only one character
- third person omniscent point of view - - told by an all-knowing narrator
from outside the story who reveals what every character thinks and feels
- alliteration - - the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of
words. For example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
- personification - - giving human qualities to non-human things
, - simile - - comparison using like or as. Clue: You "smile" when you see
someone you like." Example: The car was as cold as ice.
- idiom - - an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning
of the individual words
- flashback - - when a portion of the story goes back in time
- foreshadow - - The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in
the plot
- inference/infer - - to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information
presented
- justify - - to demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons
- thesaurus - - A listing of words with synonyms and antonyms
- context clues - - Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine
the meaning of an unknown word
- genre - - a division or type of literature
- dialogue - - a conversation between two persons
- captions - - small text found near a picture that provides important
information about the picture
- free verse - - poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or
rhyme
- stage directions - - instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in
italics
- author's viewpoint - - the author's attitude toward or opinion about a
subject
- diagrams - - A drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes
labels and captions.
- moral - - A practical lesson about right and wrong
- fiction - - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on
fact.
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