READING STAAR REVIEW

An excerpt is an example of ____________________.

What do we call the pattern of rhyming in a poem?

The narrator speaks directly to the reader in this type of point of view?

The conversation of characters in a literary work is called _______________.

BAM! POW! ZAP! SWISH!

"He's one tough cookie" is an esxample of _______________.

A poem where the first letter of each line creates a word is called a/an ______________.

"My knee screamed at me this morning" is an example of _________________.

The term Explicit means ___________________.

A comedy must have a happy ending?

"A needle in a haystack" is an example of __________________.

The term Implicit means ___________________.

Are you allowed to use the dictionary on the Reading STAAR test?

An idiom is an example of _________________.

What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?

Which point of view describes a story where the narrator is part of the tale?

A tragedy has what type of ending in a play?

What is the theme of The Three Little Pigs?

To compare is to look for....?

"I don't care, about your hair, you're so mean, you butterbean!" -- What rhyme scheme is this?

The Antagonist of a story is...?

Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?

A Character who does change in the story is called a _________________ character.

What do you call it when you get a hint about what's going to happen in a story?

Figurative language means words that are used in ______________ ways.

The narrator only knows one or two characters' thoughts and feelings in this point of view?

The word implicit means ________________.

Dialogue in a story should be put in ______________________.

To contrast is to look for _______________?

Hyperbole is an example of ____________________.

The intensification of the plot in a play is called a _________________.

He is as dumb as an ox is an example of what?

A smaller, more concise text that includes all the main points from the entire text is called?

Tone reflects the writer's _______________ regarding his/her subject.

A speech by a single character in a play, without the response of another character, is called?

The moral of the story is otherwise known as...?

Author's purpose is __________________________.

Something important that happens after the climax is called the ____________ action.

A character who does not change in a story is called a _______________.

Dialogue in a story is an example of _________________.

"Her money is burning a hole in her pocket" is an example of a/an ______________________.

The position on a topic is called the author's _____________.

A paragraph of poetry is called a ________.

To infer means to arrive at a _____________________ based on information in the story.

The main idea of the story is _______________________.

A sentence of poetry is called a ________.

"Stage directions" are meant to do what?

Identifying differences and similarities in a story is called what?

The where and when of the story is known as the _________________.

What type of play is "A Christmas Carol?"

The part of the story where all the loose-ends get tied up is called the ________________.

The conflict of a story is found in what part of the plot chart?

The high point of action in a story is known as the ______________.

The mood of the story is ________________.

An "aside" in a play is where the speaker does what?

What do we call the things the actors use on stage to help tell the story?

When the narrator knows all the characters' thoughts and feelings, this is ____ point of view?

What should you be sure to use on your STAAR test?

The conflict of a story is otherwise known as __________________.

The people of the story are ___________.