STAAR Review: English

A speech delivered by one character while alone on stage

In drama, a long speech delivered by one character to another

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

The turning point in a plot when a character deals directly with a conflict

An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in a literary work is a

A major division of a play is a...

The narrator is not a character in the story

A comparison of two unalike things, using the words like or as

When the reader or audience knows something that a character does not

Giving an animal or object human-like qualities or abilities

Added to the end of a root word to change its meaning

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (Jumbo shrimp)

The subject of a literary work; can usually be stated in one or two words.

The main part of a word is the...

The location and time in which a story takes place

When an author provides clues or hints about the future in a story

A set of letters added to the beginning or end of a word is the...

The emotional associations carried or implied by a word

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun is a...

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

A comparison of two unlike things

The sequence of events in fiction or drama

The ending of a story, when the conflict is resolved

A comparison of similar qualities between two things that are not similar is a...

How should I approach the essay prompt?

A shorter division of an act in drama

The form of a verb in which the subject does the action in a sentence is...

The main idea of an essay or a research paper

A word that shows action or a state of being

What day next week will the English II test be administered?

What time do you need to be here and ready for the English I and II tests?

An essay that explains and analyzes a topic

Which of the following should I NOT do the night before/morning of the test?

The words spoken by the characters in a drama or story

A person or animal in a story, play, or poem

What kind of snacks can you bring to the test?

A word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb is a...

The persons for whom an author writes a text

A narrator that is in the story and tells the story from his point of view

How many hours do I have to take the English test?

An extreme exaggeration

The bulk of a story, during which the character works to resolve the problem

I ran the obstacle course in record time.

A character who serves as a contrast to another character

The problems that the characters in a story must solve

A guess based on information and evidence in a text and the reader's prior knowledge

A list of sources cited in a research paper

Words that have the opposite meaning

A word's dictionary definition is called the...

Literature written in verse or in short lines is called...

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

A set of lines in a poem

What is the first thing I should look at when start time is called?

Added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning

The perspective from which a story is told

The author's or narrator's attitude toward a subject

Main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work stating an opinion.

What day next week will the English I test be administered?

A word that takes the place of a noun

The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes.