STAAR Reading Vocab Review

Usually written in short lines that often have a rhyme scheme; analyzed best using TP-CASTT

Nonfiction writing on a single subject; may be personal or persuasive to show opinion

A piece of writing that a person writes about his/her own life

Poetry written without any form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, or line

What is an EXCERPT?

A piece of writing that is long, has a plot that unfolds by actions, speech of characters

Look at the passage below. What should you remember to do?

Specific type of music, film, or writing, characterized by similarities in form, style, subject

Short moral stories that try to teach a lesson & often have animals as characters

Writing that is true: biographies, essays, newspaper articles, autobiographies

Which of the following literary devices is NOT a type of figurative language?

What causes someone to act a certain way or the reason we do something.

Text shows one event causes another; Look for words like because, then, since, & as a result

Something that stands for or represents something else is a 

An account of a person's actual experience-- emotional, personal, memories, anecdotes.

Type of structure when all information is organized by like groups

Point of view when narrator has knowledge about ALL characters.

A comparison of two unlike things, without using "like" or "as" is called a

Text split in 2 parts: one part=problem, other part=solution to the problem

Fictional story where magical things happen; "Cinderella" "Maleficent" "Shrek"

This is a character who stands in or represents opposition against another.

Form of writing meant to be spoken to an audience; has topic or theme; persuades, educates

Which plot development term represents the conflicts leading up to the turning point?

What does CONCLUDE mean when asked like this: "What can the reader conclude about_____?"

Skits and plays are also called

A statement that cannot be proven true or false; what people feel, believe, decide

The problem or struggle a character faces

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is called

When reading a poem, what is a STANZA?

The point of view when a narrator that only knows thoughts/feelings of ONE character.

Poems that include hero, quest, magical tools/weapons

Writer places events in the order that they happen

A special quality or something special about someone's personality is a

This type of point of view uses "I", "me", or "we".

Literature or other writing that is invented/made up by the author

Words that describe how things look, sound, taste, smell, & feel are known as

How do you choose the best SUMMARY of a passage of writing?

A statement you can check/prove with evidence

What does the word CONVEY mean?

The text shows how ideas/things are alike or different; uses best, more, better, less, worse