STAAR Review - ENG I and II

Using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.

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.

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

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

A reference text that lists synonyms and antonyms.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is a word's dictionary definition.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The central message in a literary text.

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

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

A major division of a play.

A comparison of two things that are largely dissimilar.

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

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

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

The main part of the word.

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

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

Words that have the opposite meaning.

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

The making of a casual or indirect reference to something.