STAAR Vocabulary Terms

A visual representation of information or ideas

To make known

An attempt to persuade someone on a topic open to debate

The reason the author wrote the passage

The author's emotions or feelings about a piece of writing

To prove or show, give an example

The time and location in which a story takes place

To stress or highlight the importance of something

A collection of scenes that forms a major segment of a play

Words in a drama that describe the unspoken parts of a play

Use information in text ans what you already know to figure out an unstated idea

A person belief; a statement that cannot be proven true

A statement that many people assume to be true, though it may or may not actually be true

The bulk of the story, during which the character works to resolve the problem

Point of view in which the narrator is all-knowing

The ending of the story, when the conflict is resolved

Comparing two unlike things or ideas by stating that one thing is something else

The central message or lesson of a literary work

The most exciting part of the book, the turning point

A smaller piece of a larger work

The beginning of the story; introduces settings, characters, and problem

A word relationship that compares two unlike things

The sequence of events in fiction or drama

A play written to be performed.  Divided into acts and scenes.

A struggle or a problem that a character must solve