Duplicate of STAAR Review - ENG I EOC

This is the most tested skill on the STAAR test (figure 19B)

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

His or her reason for writing a text.

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

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

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

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

Words that have the opposite meaning.

When the purpose of writing is to tell a story.

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

Poetry with a fixed structure.

the narrator of a poem is called the-

A deliberate exaggeration.

The style of speaking or writing determined by the author's choice of words

Where in your essay does your thesis occur?

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable in a poem.

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

How many paragraphs should there be in your expository essay?

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

What is the function of a thesis statement?

This type of sentence contains only a subject and predicate.

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

You should pull examples for your expository essay from-

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.

Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.

Sets of lines in a poem.

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

Is a person in a narrative work of art (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.

Gives the reader facts, examples, and specific details to explain a topic.

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

comparison of unlike things NOT using like or as.

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

What is the first sentence of your intro called?

Literature that is written in verse, or short lines.

What are the 3 types of author's purpose

Is a word's dictionary definition.

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

Poetry with no strict meter of rhyme.

The central message in a literary text.

The making of a casual or indirect reference to something.

Is the use of descriptive language that use the five senses

how many hours do you have to test?

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

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

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

A comparison of two things that are largely dissimilar.

How do you combine 2 independent clauses together?

When looking at sentence combining questions, they will try to trick you with-

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

What is the most important sentence of your entire essay called?

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

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

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

What type of examples do you need in the body paragraphs of your expository essay?

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

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

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

A reference text that lists synonyms and antonyms.

These are allowable testing materials that you MUST REQUEST on test day-

When combining 2 sentences in the revising section, the correct answer will be the one that is-

The main part of the word.

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

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects.