STAAR Review - ENG I EOC

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

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

A short literary composition on a single subject.

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

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

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

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

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

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines.

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

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

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

His or her reason for writing a text.

When the purpose of writing is to tell a story.

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

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

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

A deliberate exaggeration.

Literature that is written in verse, or short lines.

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

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

The central message in a literary text.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poetry with no strict meter of rhyme.

Words that have the opposite meaning.

Is a division of lines in a poem.

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects.

Is the emotional weight a word carries.