STAAR Terminology ELA 7th

Hints given to a reader by the author which communicate a hidden or embedded message.

• Context clues

• graphic elements

• inferences

• convey

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

The process of taking context clues & coming to a logical conclusion based on the evidence presented.

• stage directions

• context clues

• inference

• convey

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Any tool, other than the text itself, to help the reader understand the themes of a selection better. Ex. Pictures, quotes, text boxes, modified text: italics, bold, all caps...

• context clues

• graphic elements

• stage directions

  convey

• inference

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.2A

Directions given out side of the lines in a screen play to help the reader understand the full context of a theatrical production.

• stanza

• line

• emphasize

• graphic elements

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

How an author chooses to organize information or plot structure in a selection.

• context clues

• inference

• stage directions

• organizational pattern

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

The word STAAR uses to refer to any passage, poem, play, or article.

• selection

• convey

• stanza

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.4

To present information to the reader

• context clues

• inference

• line

• convey

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2A

CCSS.W.7.2D

To make VERY obvious to the reader

• convey

• emphasize

• stanza

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

In poetry, a sentence is called this...

• dialogue

• stanza

• poem

• line

In poetry, a group of lines much like a paragraph..

• line

• stanza

• tone

• selection

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5