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STAAR Terms - 1
Week 1 & 2 STAAR Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tone | the author's attitude toward a subject as well as his or her attitude toward the reader |
| Theme | the central message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life |
| Synthesize | to combine |
| symbol | an object, living thing, or situation that stands for or represents an idea or feeling. |
| Supporting detail | the facts, examples, or descriptions that explain or back up the main idea of a text |
| support | to back it up |
| suffix | a group of letters added to the end of a word that changes thew word's meaning |
| static character | a character that shows little to no change throughout the story |
| stanza | a group of lines forming a unit in a poem |
| state directions | instructions written by a playwright to describe the appearance and actions of characters, as well as the sets, props, costumes, sound effects, and lighting |