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use of the words on staar
Question | Answer |
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Epic poetry | Lengthy narrative poem. |
Bandwagon appeal | the belief that something should be done because the majority of people do it (or wish to do it). |
Italicized | print in italics |
Sensory language | Sensory language is when the author uses words and details that appeal to a reader's senses |
Logical Fallacy | "logical" fallacy is a mistake in reasoning |
Flashback | in literature and dramatic media, an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point |
Stage directions | Stage directions are directions given to the actor(s) by the director |
Character Motivation | In a novel or play character motivation is concerned with explaining (in the work of literature itself) why the character act in the way they do |
Lyrical Poetry | Lyric poetry is a genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings |
Main Idea | The main idea is the most important thing the paragraph says about the topic |
assumption | a proposition that is taken for granted |
Inference | Is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true |
Claim | a statement which is either true or false |
Dialoge | is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people |
climax | is the point in the story where the main character's point of view changes |