STAAR Review - ENG I EOC

A person, a place, or an object that represents something else or an abstract idea.

A deliberate exaggeration.

The central message in a literary text.

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

A reference text that lists synonyms and antonyms.

Poetry with no strict meter of rhyme.

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects.

Another character in a story who contrasts with the main character.

A comparison of two things that are largely dissimilar.

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

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

Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.

When the purpose of writing is to tell a story.

A less abrasive form of a negative description instead of its original, unsympathetic form.

A character in who has a complex personality. Like real people, they have depth.

a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed.

Using available technology or peers to edit your sentence structure, spelling, and grammar.

the main statement of a literary work that an author uses to convince readers.

A literary genre that makes the use of highly funny situations to entertain the audience.

Universal character types, situations, images, and symbols in a literary work.

These are commonly found in instruction manuals to visually demonstrate how to perform a task.

Literature that is written in verse, or short lines.

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

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

The sequence of actions that an author employs to present and resolve a conflict.

Is a word's dictionary definition.

A short verbal accounting of a funny, amusing, interesting event or incident.

Is a person in a narrative work of arts (such as a novel, play, television series or film).

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

The main part of the word.

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

Letters added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning.

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

These portray a geographic region.

An alphabetical list that defines important words or terms used in a book or other text.

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

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true.

A poem that has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter.

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

Using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.

A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event.

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable in a poem.

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

A three-line poem with seventeen syllables total.

Words that have the opposite meaning.

A practice of forming a rhyme in only one lone line of verse.

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

A subdivision of an act with a fixed setting or continuous time frame.

A literary device using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.

Is any element, subject, idea or concept that is present through the entire body of literature.

Used to downplay the significance of something, often for ironic effect.

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

the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it to increase its worth.

The perspective from which a literary work is told.

Is an important literary tool that acts as the afterword once the last chapter is over.

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

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

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

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

Is a division of lines in a poem.

A literary work intended to be performed by actors for an audience.

The step by step process wherein an author introduces and then describes a character.

The use of prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas.

The stance a author adopts in shaping a specific emotional perspective towards the subject.

The making of a casual or indirect reference to something.

An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or other work.

Data in these features are usually organized in rows and columns.

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

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

His or her reason for writing a text.

The writer's attitude toward the subject of the text.

A major division of a play.

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

Words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict.

A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event.

Sets of lines in a poem.

A literary device that is used as a descriptive device.

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines.

Is a set of letters attached to the beginning or the end of a root word.

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

A recurring object or concept within a play that enhances the theme.

Wordplay in which letters of a word are rearranged so that a new word or phrase is formed.

The term used to signal the rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece.

Two sentences of contrasting meanings in close proximity to one another.

The idea that governs the entire text.

Reviewing words for clarity, coherence, smooth transitions, and unity.

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

A short literary composition on a single subject.

Words that sound the same and sometimes have the same spelling.

a literary device that establish a relationship based on similarities between concepts or ideas

A text to express ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, or ideas.

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

A character in the story that is actually a counterfeit or a copy of a genuine character.

Poetry with a fixed structure.