8th STAAR Review Words

In a plot... The events leading up to the climax is called ?

When one supports a statement they make about a text with information from the text it is what?

A secondary situation and conflict less important than the main plot of the story is called ?

A poem that does not tell a story, but expresses personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker is?

When a poem has no definite rhyme and structure it is considered what?

Struggle between opposing forces is what?

Writing that develops a picture to represent each major concept is called what?

When the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character is called what?

The character who works against the protagonist in the story?

All of the following are examples of EXPOSITORY texts except?

In literary texts, any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue is called?

A way of thinking about situations or topics is called what?

The reason the author has for writing (inform, persuade, express, and entertain) is called ?

The various methods of communicating information is called?

All of the following are parts of a PLOT except:

books, magazines, newspapers,television, movies, video games, music, cell phones, Internet. etc

A story told as if it is talking to you, and it has words like you, your and yours has what POV

A belief or statement taken for granted without proof is what?

A plot that has a distinctive beginning, middle, and end, and, composed of distinguishable pts?

All of the following are steps in the strategy named RAP except?

What POV is it when the narrator is a character in the story and words like I, me, we are used?

Specific ideas that people hold to be true are called what?

A kind (type) of literary or artistic work is called what?

Language that evokes images and triggers memories in one of the reader's 5 senses are called ?

The perspective from which a story is told is called what?

The main character, who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict is called what?

All of the following are test taking strategies except what?

A poem that tells a story is called what?

These are all part of a plot except:

A central idea of a work (the underlying lesson in a story) is called what?

In literary text, any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue is called what?

A group of lines in a poem (or a group of verses) is called what?

The ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live is ?

A claim that is true; where evidence or reasons are being presented is what kind of claim?

True or false:  The previous questions (questions 1-27)  have been about fictional type texts.