STAAR Review - ENG I EOC

Poetry with no strict meter of rhyme.

An alphabetical list that defines important words or terms used in a book or other text.

These describe the setting and tell the actor what to do in a play.

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects.

The repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words.

a literary device where the author uses phrases that exaggerate the basic statement.

A literary device where a writer gives an advance clue of what is to come later in the story.

An educated guess based on information and evidence combined with the reader's knowledge.

A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event.

A literary device using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.

A type of text that addresses actual people, events, places, or other real-life subjects.

Is a person in a narrative work of arts (such as a novel, play, television series or film).

His or her reason for writing a text.

Sets of lines in a poem.

A deliberate exaggeration.

Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.

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

Is a word's dictionary definition.

A character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist.

A speech delivered by one character where he is speaking to himself.

Literature that is written in verse, or short lines.

A literary work intended to be performed by actors for an audience.

A subdivision of an act with a fixed setting or continuous time frame.

When the purpose of writing is to tell a story.

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

A major division of a play.

Attempts to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way.

The central message in a literary text.

A short literary composition on a single subject.

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

A reference text that lists synonyms and antonyms.

A long speech delivered by one character, usually to the audience.

Gives the read facts, examples, and specific details about a topic.

An image, sound, action that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the theme.

Words that have the opposite meaning.

Occurs when the reader or audience knows something that a character does not.

Is a division of lines in a poem.

A character in who has a complex personality. Like real people, they have depth.

When writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation.

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines.

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true.

Is the use of descriptive language that use to the five senses to create a picture in your mind