STAAR Review - ENG I EOC

Literature that is written in verse, or short lines.

The style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

Words that have the opposite meaning.

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

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

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

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

A speech delivered by one character while he or she is alone onstage.

Letters added to the end of the word to change its meaning.

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

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

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines.

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

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.

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

A long speech delivered by one character, usually to another character.

A reference source of words listed alphabetically with their meanings, origins, & pronunciation

The central message in a literary text.

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

When the purpose of writing is to tell a story.

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

A deliberate exaggeration.

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects.

His or her reason for writing a text.

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

A short literary composition on a single subject.

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

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

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

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

Is a division of lines in a poem.

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

Happens when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage.

Poetry with no strict meter of rhyme.