7th Grade Quizlet Flashcards
Unit 1 Flashcards
*All flashcards need to labeled correctly - first the unit number and
the selection we are reading - ex. Unit 1 from an American
Childhood
from An American Childhood (15 Terms)
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compelled, context clues, first person point of view, improvising, limited, objective,
omniscient, perfunctorily, point of view, righteous, strategy, subjective, third person point
of view, trans- & translucent
Reading for Information - Atlas & Public Document (9 terms)
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atlas, decipher, direct quotations, heading, industrial, interrogation, legend, public
document & text features
Barrio Boy & A Day’s Wait (12 Terms)
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character, contraption, dialogue, epidemic, evidently, fiction, flushed, formidable, literary
nonfiction, narrative writing, narrator & reassuring
All Summer in a Day (13 Terms)
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author’s purpose, conflict, evidence, intermixed, resilient, savored, science fiction,
setting, slackening, tumultuously, -vit-, vital & -viv-
My First Free Summer (12 Terms)
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author's purpose, background information, historical context, evaluate, vowed, repressive,
extenuating, diplomats, summoned, contradiction, Latin root -dict- & Latin root -sper-
Reading for Information – Analyzing Functional Texts (7 Terms)
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structural features of applications, structural features of contracts, applicants,
misconception, criterion & analyze
The Night the Bed Fell & Stolen Day (9 Terms)
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character, character traits, characterization, direct characterization, indirect
characterization, internal response, external response, plot & misunderstand
Writer's Workshop - Write a Narrative (9 Terms)
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autobiographical narrative, freewriting, rising action, resolution, denouement, climax,
pronoun-antecedent agreement, dialogue & personal pronouns
Unit 2 Flashcards
Literary Analysis Workshop: Short Stories (16 Terms)
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attitude, challenge, communication, conflict, opposition, outcome, resolution,
understanding, competition, desire, obstacle, compromise, disagreement, struggle, danger
& misunderstanding
Bear Boy (12 Terms)
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foreshadowing, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, timid,
initiation, canyon, approvingly, neglected & guidance
Letters from Rifka (11 Terms)
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character motives, character traits, point of view, Latin root -tract-, Latin root -spir-,
distract, emerged, deserts, peasants, huddled & precaution
Reading for Information - Analyzing Expository and Functional Texts (4 Terms)
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text features of a Magazine Article, text features of an Encyclopedia Entry, predator &
burrows
Comparing Literary Works – After Twenty Years & Hey, Come Out (10 Terms)
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irony, situational irony, verbal irony, spectators, intricate, destiny, simultaneously, apparent,
plausible & proposal
Unit 3 Flashcards
Unit 3 Types of Nonfiction (15 Terms)
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analyze discover, evaluate, examine, explore, facts, inquire, investigate, curiosity,
experiment, information, interview, knowledge, question & understand
Life Without Gravity (12 Terms)
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main idea, skim, scan, expository essay, manned, spines, feeble, blander, globules,
readapted, suffix -ness & coordinating conjunctions
I am a Native of North America (9 Terms)
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reflective essay, distinct, communal, justifies, promote, hoarding, integration, Latin root just- & prepositions and prepositional phrases
A Special Gift - The Legacy of "Snowflake" Bentley & No Gumption (8 Terms)
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autobiography, biography, hexagon, evaporated, gumption, paupers, crucial & aptitude