7th Grade STAAR Reading Practice

third person omniscient

the pattern of rhyme in a poem (ex. ABAB)

the various methods of communicating information, such as radio, t.v., billboards, etc.

explicit

alliteration

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

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

A drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes labels and captions.

small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

The reason why something happens

a conversation between characters set off by quotation marks

the reason the character says or does something

fiction involving an event in history. has historical facts, events, or people, but not true.

stage directions

a word part that can be added at the beginning of a word to make a new word

combination of ideas learned from two or more texts

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

when a portion of the story goes back in time

author's purpose

elaborate or extreme exaggeration

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

simile

a story written to be performed by actors; a play

in the time order in which events happened

theme

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

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

signal words: therefore; consequently; so; as a result; because; if...then; since; so that;

valid

a beginning or coming into being

Writing that is factual, not creative or fictional

paraphrase

the turning point in the action of a story--the problem is solved

words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

signal words: like;unlike;but;in contrast;on the other hand;however; both; also; too;as well as

Drawings or photographs that help explain the text

anxious

the problem in the story

third person limited point of view

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

language that means more than what it says on the surface; not actual or literal meaning

first person point of view

collection of word pictures that appeal to reader; uses devices such as metaphor, simile, etc.

what a piece of writing is mainly about

similar to a sentence but in a poem

affect  

the ending or final outcome of a story; finding a solution to a problem

myth

get good night's rest, eat a good breakfast, take your time, do your best

the smaller title that goes before a new section of the text.

figurative language enchances, or makes better, the mood o

to demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons

A practical lesson about right and wrong

the use of words that represent sounds "Pow", "Bang", "Splat", "Buzz", "Swish", "Purr", etc.

audience

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

implicit

stanza

when two words rhyme in the same line of poetry