STAAR VOCABULARY REVIEW

An author's intent in writing a literary work ( persuade, inform , etc. )

Anything that can represent something else.

If anyone sees me dressed like this I will die. This is an example of ___________

a problem or stuggle that takes place in a story

In persuasion, ideas that appeal to the heart

Figurative language that is a comparison using like or as

THis signals that a word is important

THis is an example of: Carrie is a magnet for trouble.

the writers attitude toward teh material and/or readers.

Events that help predict what will happen later in a story

Writing of a person's life that is told by someone else

this has something from the beginning, middle and end of the story

the words that are spoken by the actors in a play

The words that give the actors instructions about what to do in a play

Ideas that are presented in persuasive writing that do not match the claim, it does not follow

a poetry paragraph

An arrangement of information in columns or rows

Illustrations with labels that describe something or shows how it works

 nonfiction text where the relationship between an event and the reasons why the event occurred

The use of descritptive words that appeal to the senses

the end, the resolution or conclusion. How the conflict is solved

The narrator is an outsider that can see the minds of all the characters

The major division in a play is called ____________

 a pattern of nonfiction text in which ideas are presented step by step

The wind was whispering my name as it blew through the trees. This is an example of ________

the lesson of a myth or folktale

an expression used in a language that is not meant to be taken literally

This the general feeling that the READER gets while reading

The reason the characters act or think the way they do

A long speech that a character makes to another character

Describes or explains a picture or photograph to help the readers understand the picture

a part in a story that describes something that happened in the past

The perspective from which the story is told is called

list key points or information in a brief, organized way