STAAR VOCABULARY REVIEW

An arrangement of information in columns or rows

Anything that can represent something else.

a part in a story that describes something that happened in the past

the end, the resolution or conclusion. How the conflict is solved

In persuasion, ideas that appeal to the heart

If anyone sees me dressed like this I will die. This is an example of ___________

a poetry paragraph

 a pattern of nonfiction text in which ideas are presented step by step

Events that help predict what will happen later in a story

The reason the characters act or think the way they do

Writing of a person's life that is told by someone else

The use of descritptive words that appeal to the senses

the words that are spoken by the actors in a play

Ideas that are presented in persuasive writing that do not match the claim, it does not follow

list key points or information in a brief, organized way

 nonfiction text where the relationship between an event and the reasons why the event occurred

Figurative language that is a comparison using like or as

The wind was whispering my name as it blew through the trees. This is an example of ________

this has something from the beginning, middle and end of the story

The perspective from which the story is told is called

the writers attitude toward teh material and/or readers.

THis signals that a word is important

The words that give the actors instructions about what to do in a play

The narrator is an outsider that can see the minds of all the characters

Describes or explains a picture or photograph to help the readers understand the picture

an expression used in a language that is not meant to be taken literally

A long speech that a character makes to another character

This the general feeling that the READER gets while reading

An author's intent in writing a literary work ( persuade, inform , etc. )

The major division in a play is called ____________

Illustrations with labels that describe something or shows how it works

THis is an example of: Carrie is a magnet for trouble.

the lesson of a myth or folktale

a problem or stuggle that takes place in a story