EOC 1 English Review Vocabulary

Which would make the best answer sentence for a SAR?

Situation or statement which seem contradictory but actually hold some truth

How do you start a Short Answer Response?

The feeling created in the reader when reading a story

Assigning lifelike characteristics to something non-human

An account of someone's life written by someone else

Word choice

How can you reduce redundancy in your essay?

Long, uninterrupted speech given by one character to another character

(appears in parenthesis) in drama to give information about gestures, props, setting

Two lines of poetry that rhyme and have the same rhythm

One's listener or readership; to whom a piece of writing is addressed

Character who provides contrast to another character in a literary work

The main character in a literary work

When the theme must be inferenced 

What happens if you do not have text evidence from BOTH passages in a crossover question?

Words that mimic sound

Contradiction between what is expected and how an event actually turns out

The events leading to the climax of a story

Words spoken by a character intended only for the audience to hear, but is not entire speech

When the exact opposite of what you expect to happen, happens.

Reference to a famous person, place, or historical figure

How important are the Short Answer responses in your overall Staar score?

Use of clues to hint at events that will take place in the future

When all the story's problems are solved; the outcome

A character alone on stage pouring out inner thoughts but no other character is around to hear

Contradiction between what is said and what is implied by a character

Placement of two contrasting things beside each other for emphasis

An account of a person's life written by that person

Which of the following is NOT a way you can connect two independent clauses?

The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition

The sequence of events in a literary work

Writing that tells a story and is performed on stage

What do you do if you get to a question with the word "Tone"?

The character or force opposing the main character in a literary work

A work of literature resulting in a catastrophe; ends in death

Words spoken by a character

Repetition of INITIAL consonant sounds within a line of verse

Which word means: A category or type of literature

Type of writing that includes written or spoken account of events as told in a story

The implied meaning of a word

The life-lesson or message the writer wishes to convey

Comparison made between to things (without using like or as)

Literary device that uses contradictory words together

When you plan your essay out beforehand, what should you (at very least) have in mind?

14 line lyric poem

How many topic sentences do you need in a Staar expository essay?

When the audience knows something the a character does not know

Sets the scene for the story and gives the basic situation

How much effort should you put forth on your STAAR test?

What 3 things do you need in a body paragraph?

The attitude a writer takes toward the material he has written

When the theme is directly stated

Type of writing that convinces the reader that one's opinion is correct with regard to an issue

The highest point of interest in a story

Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis

A person, place, or thing that stands for something beyond itself

What is the most critical part of writing an expository essay?

The events leading to the resolution in a story

Type of writing that conveys information and explains ideas