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STAAR Vocab-2012
STAAR Vocab Words
Question | Answer |
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Italicized | A way of writing that slants letters to emphasize their importance. |
Assumption | Taking something for granted. |
Illustrate | To make clear. |
Conclude | To bring to an end. |
Dialogue | Conversation between two or more people. |
Excerpt | A passage selected from a larger work. |
Playwright | A writer of plays. |
Protagonist | The leading character of a piece of literature. |
Antagonist | The opponent in a piece of literature. |
Symbolic Imagery | Presenting ideas through an item that stands for something greater than itself. |
Reference | An allusion. |
Dramatic Irony | Irony that is used in drama and understood by the audience, but not the characters of the drama. |
Objective Point of View | Looking at something from an outsider's perspective with no bias. |
Assonance | Resemblance of sounds. |
Figurative Language | Involving a figure of speech; not literal. |