STAAR Literary Terms

This refers to the use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.

This refers to repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase.

This is when a story is told from the understand of the all the characters.

A literary device used to depict an event prior to the current time period.

This refers to the use of concepts/ ideas that are contradictory to one another.

This is the author's intended emotion in the literary piece.

When words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound

This is another character in a story who contrasts with the main character

This is when a character is developed and created for the reader to understand.

This is how a reader feels after reading a piece of literary.

A figure of speech that's in references to place, event, or literary work.

Refers to the actual way in which words and sentences are placed together in the writing.

This is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

This tells the reader what the essay will be about and what your position is on given topic.

This is used to identify and establish the time, place, and mood of the events of the story.

This is when two contradictory words, ideas, or concepts are put together.

This is a writer's words; it can include the mood, attitude, dialect and style of writing.

This is an extreme exaggeration!

This is best known as the "main idea of the story."

This is when the story is told from the understanding of one character.

The associations people make with words that relate to the literal or dictionary definition.