STAAR Review - ENG I and II

The central message in a literary text.

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

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

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

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

The making of a casual or indirect reference to something.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The main part of the word.

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

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

Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.

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

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

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

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

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

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

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

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

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

Is a word's dictionary definition.

Words that have the opposite meaning.

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

A comparison of two things that are largely dissimilar.

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

A major division of a play.

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

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

A reference text that lists synonyms and antonyms.

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

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

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

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

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