7th Grade TEKS STAAR Reading Vocab

finding a solution to a problem

what a piece of writing is mainly about

a beginning or coming into being

The people or animals in a story

a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena

an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words

to make an educated guess using prior knowledge and textual evidence

words that have the same, or almost the same, meaning

To show how two things are different

a conversation between two people

used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

told from the POV of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "We"

Letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word

the use of words to imitate sound

the message, lesson, or central idea of a work

A story or article that tells about real life people, places, or events

the story of a person's life written by that person in 1st person POV

the problem in the story

reason the author has for writing (persuade, inform, entertain)

to communicate or express

comparison without using like or as

Letters added to the end of a word to make a new word

To show how two things are similar

the pattern of rhyme in a poem

poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

writing that tells how to do something

clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of a word

WHY something happens

WHAT happens as a result of something

the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot

where and when the story takes place

a division or type of literature (categories for books)

in the time order in which events happen

brief statement of the main events of a story

when a portion of the story goes back in time

the perspective from which a story is told

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

instructions for actors & stage crew, written in italics

giving human qualities to non-human things

when two words rhyme in the same line of poetry

comparison using like or as

Words that have opposite meanings

the person who is telling a story, the speaker