STAAR 8th Grade 1st Semester prep

lesson that can be learned from the story

grouped lines in a poem

Identify the figurative language: "John's answer was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."

Name a few things you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.

What are the five sections of a plot diagram?

Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."

how the author creates the passage and puts it together

The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective

written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks

a statement that cannot be proven true or false

a statement that can be proven true or false when research is done (two words)

the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage

The way an author feels about the subject he or she is writing

Identify the figurative language: "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."

the character or force in conflict with a main character

the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character

a statement that is generally accepted to be true by MOST people (two words)

the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for

words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true

Identify the figurative language: "Her hair was as soft as a spider web."