STAAR reading 8th grade

"We are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie."

A story about someone's life

Language that appeals to the 5 senses

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

a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or work 

The main unit of a poem; varies in length.

The perspective from which a story is told

A struggle between two opposing forces

The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur

The tree danced in the breeze- What kind of speech is this

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

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

The earth is a green blanket- What kind of speech is this?

Text that explains, describes, or informs

Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning

Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"

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