7th Grade ELA EOG Review

Information that reinforces the topic sentence or main idea of a paragraph.

• Onomatopoeia

• Summarize

• Supporting details

• Point of View (POV)

What is a stanza?

• A paragraph in a poem.

• The title of a poem.

• The end of a poem.

• Where you stand and read a poem aloud.

A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary work

• Genre

• Analyze

• Theme

• Simile

What the passage is mostly about

• Main idea

• Similar

• Evaluate

• Identify

What word would you use to describe the TONE of this passage?

Just when I thought things could not get more ridiculous, Rebecca’s little terrier, all dressed up in its knitted blue “winter outfit,” poked its head out of the pink polka dot doggy tote! The outfit was an odd sweater-and-hood number. Perhaps Rebecca thought it flattered Fluffy’s eyes. Fluffy looked around blankly, as if to ask what was so amusing.

• Bitter

• Respectful

• Objective

• Humorous

What does analyze mean?

• Discover or reveal something through detailed examination.

• To say something in a way that is clear and makes sense.

• Using someone else's words to explain something.

• Seeing something in a different perspective as everyone else.

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Using words that imitate the sounds they make

• Main idea

• Supporting detail

• Onomatopoeia

• Point of view

What is the main idea of the passage below?

Dolphins are very smart animals.  They even have their own language.   They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts.  Scientists have been studying this dolphin language.  They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other.

• Dolphins talk to people.

• Dolphins are intelligent animals.

• Dolphins swim differently than fish.

• Scientists are studying animal languages.

What is the main idea of the following passage?

I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!

• Weekends are times to travel.

• The author enjoys spending time with her family.

• The author's grandparents live far away.

• The author is sad to leave her cousins.