ELA 8th STAAR Review

A word that imitates the sound they are naming (buzz)

A central idea of a work (the lesson)

The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "I", "We" and "Our" to address a reader.

The time and place of the action

Which of these does not belong on a plot diagram

A category of artistic works, as in music or literature.

Which of these is included in the resolution?

The pattern of rhyming words or sounds-uses letters to label lines that rhyme

On a reading test, a selection is

The narrator describes only the facts of the story and no character thoughts or feelings.

A plot composed of an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

When the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character

A poem that tells a story

The main character, who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict

Which of these is author's purpose?

When the narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, me, we

A way of thinking about situations or topics

Words related to the five senses create an image in the readers mind.

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

what a piece of writing is mostly about

The character who works against the protagonist in the story

The reason the author has for writing. (Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

Events leading up to the climax

A shorter version of a story that gives only the main parts

An affix that is added in front of the word

Supporting a statement with information from text

These hints help the reader identify an expository text.

Use this strategy to summarize a narrative

A term for extreme exaggeration (shot heard around the world)

This type of text informs or instructs the reader. It is nonfiction.

These are features of a poem

Giving human qualities to non-human things (the little dog laughed)