Reading 7th Grade
STAAR Strategies
Language Arts 7th Grade
STAAR Strategies
7th Grade Random
100

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters .

What is third person omniscient? 

100

You should do this first before answering test questions.

What is "Read the questions and answer choices"

100

To use strong exaggeration

What is hyperbole? 

100

You should never do this when writing and SAR or ECR.

What is write the question .

100

What are five ways the author helps the reader visualize a story

What is - Five senses or sensory language

200

Gathering the key details of the text into a paragraph.

What is summarize? 

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." is an example of what type of figurative language? 

What is personification?

200

The question asked about the organization of the text what informational element is the author talking about 

What is text structure

200

When you make an inference, you are doing what

What is pairing what you read with what you know to make an educated guess 

300

The reasons the author writes a text.

What is to inform, to entertain, and to persuade/author's purpose. 

300

Do this to show the answer is correct

What is show evidence

300

I have a million things to do.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

What is an Hyperbole?

300

A statement that proves a position.

What is a claim

300

 A character is struggling with him own thoughts in a text

What is internal conflict

400

The key idea of a text

Central or Main idea

400

Do this to answer a context clue question.

What is read above and below the underlined/bold word

400

To describe how things are alike and how they are different

What is compare and contrast? 

400

When a question use the word suggest or conclude

What is infer

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 Say In the text it says, and quote the evidence using quotation marks "               " 

500

How the story or passage is organized is known as its __________ ___________-

What is Text structure 


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


500

It is important to do this first before answering the questions on an assessment.

What is annotate key words.

500

Which figurative language is the following sentence?

She is a tornado when she gets angry!

What is a Metaphor

500

The genre that contain elements of fiction and nonfictions

What is Literary Nonfiction

500

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

A short answer usually only needs 1-2 pieces of evidence and is a few sentences, but an extended response needs more pieces of evidence and is in paragraphs.