STAAR Review

A message that is implied

Reason for reading... 

This form aims to sway peoples' opinions by attacking an opponents character. 

The bulk of the story, when the character works to resolve a conflict

Literary work intended to be performed by actors for an audience.

A statement of great exaggeration. 

The character in a story who opposes,or is in conflict with, the protagonist, or main character

Record that a person keeps on a daily or regular basis. 

A graphic representation of a relationship between sets of data

A figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory terms appear side by side.

A conflict outside of the character. 

The Narrator is all knowing, revealing the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

An incorrect or problematic argument that is not based on sound reasoning 

When a part of something represents the whole thing

Authors reason for writing. 

An overstatement or stretching of the truth, especially to inspire a reaction. 

A text that tells you how to do something. 

Author may say something about 1 group or thing & imply that it pertains 2 all of those pple

A personal belief that cannot be proven to be true and with which other people may disagree.

A tool that organizes information

The ending of the story ,when the conflict is resolved 

A form of persuasion-evidence to support their claim, they cite their own experience/expertise 

The Narrator presents only the thoughts and feelings of a single character 

The repetition of an initial consonant sound.

Occurs when one character's motivations cause a problem that needs to be resolved. 

Strong emotions can make an author see things from only one side rather than thinking carefully

Vivid mental images, that appeal to one or more of the reader's five senses. 

These tell actors what actions to perform, how to speak their lines, and when to enter & exit. 

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines. 

Writing that conveys information using facts and other details. 

The beginning of the story, when the time and place of the story are established

After you read you might draw a ......? 

"Central Message" - The one thing author really wants you to understand. 

Sequence of events, or what happens in a literary work. 

A comparison of two unlike things, without using the word like or as.

A long narrative, usually a poem that tells the deed of a legendary or historic hero. 

Text that presents ideas or events in the order in which they happen

The turning point of the story

The writers attitude toward the subject matter 

A statement that can be proven to be true. 

Another way to retell parts of a text or to put part or all of a text into your own words 

A message that is clearly stated. 

A person, animal, or other creature in a fictional text such as a story

Words that have opposite meaning? 

The author of the play

Where and when a story takes place

A reasoned judgement based on information in the text and prior knowledge. 

Something that is directly stated in the text

A play on words

An illustration with labels that describe something or shows how it works

Words that have the same or almost the same meanings?

The central or most important character in the story

An educated guess that u make based on evidence in the text combined w/ ur own prior knowledge

Use of words thatimitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

Unfairly appeal to the audience's emotions. 

A statement in support of a particular truth, fact, or claim.

Most plays are divided into what?

A graphic representation of regions on earth and their geographical freatures

A direct comparison of two unlike things, using the word like or as. 

The reason characters act as they do. 

A pattern of rhyme 

Giving an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed withhuman qualities or abilities

Tells the story of a person's life. 

Writing that uses words to create an image or a mental picture in a reader's mind?

Something that is NOT directly stated in the text

When the narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself or herself as I

The main character in the story

A visual representations of information and ideas

A graphic representation of events in chronological order

Similar to an autobiography in that it recounts the author's life. 

Text that shows the similarities and differences between two or more people or things

An oversimplified idea about someone or something held in common by many people

Text that tells why or how something happened

A group of lines within a peom

The main character in an epic, usually with great physical strength 

The events leading to the resolution of the conflict

The story of someone's life written by that person. 

Literature in which the author tries to convince the readers to think or act in a certain way.

Authors structure their texts to emphasize key points and clarify information

A thing which stands for or represents something else.

A speech delivered by one character while he or she is on stage. 

A traditional story that tells about a particular culture's beliefs. 

Words spoken by characters to one another. 

A conflict inside the character 

An educated guess based on information in the text and what you know about your own experiences

An oral argument, usually about a particular issue. 

An affix added to the beginning of a word

A reference to a well-known person, place or event. 

The "storyteller" who tells you what happens 

Central message or lesson of a piece of fiction

Unreasonably advance the writer's own authority or character based on his/her feelings - morals

An affix added to the end of the word?

The feeling or emotion that the piece or writing intends to evoke the reader. 

Text that states a problem and offer how it can be solved

Clarifies the main points of a piece of text by summing up the main idea and supporting details

Literature that is written in verse, or in short lines. 

A graphic organizer that presents information arranged into columns and rows

Figurative language that compares different items by setting up a relationship between them. 

A common expression that has taken on a meaning other than what the words are actually saying.

Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.