Reading #1 7th Grade
STAAR Strategies 1
Reading #2 7th Grade
STAAR Strategies 2
7th Grade Random
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How a story or poem makes the audience feel

What is mood?

100

You should do this if you are unsure about an answer

What is pick the best possible answer?

100

To use strong exaggeration...

(Figurative Language)

What is hyperbole? 

100

The strategy for SCR? ECR?

What is R.A.C.E.? ECR is long R.A.C.E.

100

We do this to show the answer is correct...

What is show text evidence?

200

Restating key points in your own words.

What is paraphrasing? 

200

What do we do to the answer choices that do not make sense?

What is eliminate?

200

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." This is an example of what type of figurative language? 

What is personification?

200

How do we start the 'C' in our RACE strategy?

What is 'For example, in paragraph __ the author says...'?

200

What should you ALWAYS do before moving on after an SCR or ECR?

What is re-read your writing (REVISE & EDIT)

300

The reasons the author writes a text.

What is author's purpose- to inform, entertain, persuade, explain, and/or describe? 

300

What is the first step after you read a question and the answer choices? 

What is go back to the text?

300

It's raining cats and dogs!!!

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

What is an Idiom?

300

In argumentative writing what statement proves a position?

What is a claim?

300

 When a character is struggling with his own thoughts in a text?

What is internal conflict?

400

The Central or Main Idea

The overall (main) topic an author is writing about

400

Do this to answer a vocabulary question.

What is read above and below the underlined/bold word (use context clues).

400

To describe how things are alike and how they are different

What is compare and contrast? 

400

When a question uses words like suggest or conclude. what do you need to do?

What is infer (make an inference)?

400

When you cite evidence to prove your answer, how do you let the reader know that you found the evidence in the passage? 

What is start with In the text it says, and quote the evidence using quotation marks "               " 

500

How the story or passage is organized is known as it's __________ ___________, which are....?

What is Text Structure?

(Ex. Description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, compare and contrast)  




500

Should you leave a question or your essay blank if you don't know?

NO

500

Which figurative language is the following sentence?

She is a tornado when she gets angry!

What is a Metaphor

500

What does it mean to make an inference?

What is using your background knowledge and evidence from the text to come up with a logical conclusion.

500

The difference in a short answer question and an extended response question is 

A short answer usually only needs 1 piece of evidence and is a paragraph long, but an extended response needs two or more pieces of evidence and should be an essay (5 paragraphs).

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