STAAR Reading Vocab Review

The problem or struggle a character faces

Writer places events in the order that they happen

A comparison of two unlike things, without using "like" or "as" is called a

What is an EXCERPT?

Specific type of music, film, or writing, characterized by similarities in form, style, subject

This type of point of view uses "I", "me", or "we".

How do you choose the best SUMMARY of a passage of writing?

Look at the passage below. What should you remember to do?

Skits and plays are also called

Nonfiction writing on a single subject; may be personal or persuasive to show opinion

Fictional story where magical things happen; "Cinderella" "Maleficent" "Shrek"

Literature or other writing that is invented/made up by the author

Words that describe how things look, sound, taste, smell, & feel are known as

Poems that include hero, quest, magical tools/weapons

Poetry written without any form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, or line

What causes someone to act a certain way or the reason we do something.

When reading a poem, what is a STANZA?

Writing that is true: biographies, essays, newspaper articles, autobiographies

A statement you can check/prove with evidence

The point of view when a narrator that only knows thoughts/feelings of ONE character.

A piece of writing that is long, has a plot that unfolds by actions, speech of characters

The text shows how ideas/things are alike or different; uses best, more, better, less, worse

What does CONCLUDE mean when asked like this: "What can the reader conclude about_____?"

Which plot development term represents the conflicts leading up to the turning point?

Text shows one event causes another; Look for words like because, then, since, & as a result

A special quality or something special about someone's personality is a

Type of structure when all information is organized by like groups

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is called

A piece of writing that a person writes about his/her own life

What does the word CONVEY mean?

Point of view when narrator has knowledge about ALL characters.

Form of writing meant to be spoken to an audience; has topic or theme; persuades, educates

Usually written in short lines that often have a rhyme scheme; analyzed best using TP-CASTT

Something that stands for or represents something else is a 

Which of the following literary devices is NOT a type of figurative language?

A statement that cannot be proven true or false; what people feel, believe, decide

An account of a person's actual experience-- emotional, personal, memories, anecdotes.

Short moral stories that try to teach a lesson & often have animals as characters

This is a character who stands in or represents opposition against another.

Text split in 2 parts: one part=problem, other part=solution to the problem