7th Grade READING STAAR Review

The feeling created IN THE READER by a literary work or passage

A story about someone's life

A struggle between two opposing forces

What are the different reasons that an author writes a text?

The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize

Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"

Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis

Example - The tree danced in the breeze

Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.

Tells a made up story that may or may not be likely to happen in real life

Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning

Text that explains, describes, or informs

An educated guess based on evidence in the text combined with your own prior knowledge is ----.

Describing a text's main idea, important details, and overall meaning in just a few sentences.

The perspective from which a story is told

The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur

What is a playwright?

In poetry, the repetition of sounds at the end of words at the end of a line or verse

Example - The earth is a green blanket

Language that appeals to the five senses

Can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources

In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.

The message or lesson of a story

Where you should look to help you find definitions

Includes stage directions and dialogue