STAAR English I Review

story of a person's life written by another person

when an author refers back to something that already took place in the story

a struggle between two opposing forces

the repetition of similar sounds

an actor turns and speaks directly to the audience

language that uses words with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story

expecting the best

the main idea of an essay to be proved/explained (subject + two opinions)

A thing that represents or stands for something else.

the practice of using a person, thing, or object to represent something else

a logical guess based on evidence or reasoning

the universal message of a story

occurs when another character or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage

A reference to a well-known person, place, or event.

Provides the main points of what you read (the gist of the text).

A character or force in conflict with the main character

shows what happens and why it happens

believing the worst of human nature and motives

A statement that is believed without proof.

overly emotional or sentimental

in a narrative, the person telling the story

What book(s) should you use if you do know what a word means?

a conversation between two persons

a character that has traits that are exactly the opposite of the protagonist's

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

when and where the story takes place

giving human traits to non-living things

marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

when an author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story

a long speech in which a character speaks at length to only himself or herself

starts with the most important point and ends with the least or vice versa

who the author is trying to persuade

seeing the worst side of things; no hope

the perspective from which the story is told

what the author believes or wants to prove to his or her audience

ridicule by saying the opposite of what the speaker means

story of a person's life written by that person

a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech

a long speech in which one character speaks at length to another character

presents information in sequence or in the order in which it happens

a logical guess based on evidence or reasoning

The main idea of an essay to be proved/explained.

an extreme exaggeration

the main character in a literary work

a reference to a well-known person, place, or event

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

a sentence that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

shows similarities and differences between two or more things

the overall feeling of a story

repeated use of the same sentence structure, usually to show two topics are of equal importance

sad, depressed

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.

a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

an account of the author's personal experiences