Reading 7th Grade
Cambium Tools
Figurative Language
STAAR Strategies
7th Grade Random
100

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

What is third person omniscient? 

100
The tool you might use in order to look up the meaning of a word...  It may be online or a classroom copy.

What is the dictionary

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

The author uses the fives senses to describe things for the reader

Sensory language

200

Gathering the key details of the text into a few sentences.

What is summarize? 

200

What tool helps eliminate the answer choices that do not make sense.

What is strike-through

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

Pairing what you read in the text with what you know in your head to make an educated guess.

Inference

300

The reasons the author writes a text.

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

300

Do this with a textual tool to remember important evidence

What is the tool for highlighting in the passage or question

300

I have a million things to do.


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, Main, or Controlling Idea

400

Do this for any questions you are unsure of and my want to come back to

What is flag for review

400

The repetition of a beginning consonant sound

What is alliteration

400

When a question uses the word "suggest" or "conclude"

What is infer

400

"In paragraph 4, the author says..."the it is represented by the C in RACE.  

Citation or Textual Evidence          

500

Description, Cause and effect, Problem and solution, Chronological order, Compare and Contrast

What is Text structure 




500

Content supports, spell check, text-to-speech

What are special tools only available to some testers

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 nonfiction

What is Informational

500

This is the difference in a short answer question and an extended response question.

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 (4-5 pieces) and is in paragraphs.