7th Grade Vocabulary from the Released EOG

Key Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

Infer

• Definition: To draw a conclusion from logical reasoning after investigating available evidence.

Inference

• Definition: A conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence.

Stanza

• Definition: The primary organizing structure in poetry, similar to paragraphs in prose, used to separate main ideas or events.

Impact

• Definition: To have a strong effect on someone or something.

Word Choice

• Definition: The use of rich, colorful, and precise language to communicate effectively and enlighten the reader.

Quotation Marks

• Definition: Used in pairs to set off direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase in various writing systems.

Argument

• Definition: A statement supported by evidence intended to persuade or explain.

Phrase

• Definition: A small group of words that form a conceptual unit, containing either a subject or a verb but not both.

Suggest

• Definition: To imply or indicate that something exists or is the case.

Concepts

• Definition: An abstract idea or general notion.

Quote

• Definition: To repeat or copy out a group of words from a text or speech, usually with acknowledgment that one is not the original author.

In Common

• Definition: Shared or jointly used or possessed.

Author’s Purpose

• Definition: The reason for a particular creation, such as to persuade, inform, express, or entertain.

Paragraph

• Definition: A distinct section of writing dealing with a single theme, often indicated by a new line or indentation.

Summarize

• Definition: To provide a brief statement of the main points of a larger work or text.

Statement

• Definition: A clear expression of something in speech or writing.

Selection

• Definition: A number of carefully chosen items.

Difference

• Definition: A point or way in which people or things are not the same.

Narrator

• Definition: A character who tells the events of a novel or narrative poem.

Perspective

• Definition: An outlook or attitude towards something.

Introduction

• Definition: A preliminary section that explains the beginning of a book, report, or speech.

Represent

• Definition: To constitute or amount to.

Reason

• Definition: An explanation or justification for a claim or action, using logic to form judgments.

Setting

• Definition: The location or environment where an event takes place.

Shape

• Definition: To influence, determine the nature of, or develop something.

Plot

• Definition: The main events of a narrative, such as in a play or novel, presented as an interrelated sequence.

Central Idea

• Definition: The unifying concept within an informational text.

Contribute

• Definition: To help cause or bring about.

Support

• Definition: To corroborate or suggest the truth of something.

Claim

• Definition: To state or assert that something is the case.

Influence

• Definition: The capacity to affect character, development, or behavior.

Development

• Definition: The process of growing or becoming more advanced.

Identify

• Definition: To establish or indicate who or what something is.

Conveyed

• Definition: To communicate a message or information.

Sentence

• Definition: A complete set of words conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command.

Contrasting

• Definition: To compare in a way that emphasizes differences.

Regarding

• Definition: With respect to or concerning.

Objective Summary

• Definition: A brief, unbiased account of a text’s main points, free of personal opinion.

Repetition

• Definition: The action of repeating something already said or written.

Simile

• Definition: A figure of speech comparing one thing with another to make descriptions more vivid (e.g., "as brave as a lion").