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STAAR English II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings |
| characterize | describe or portray the qualities or peculiarities of |
| compare | examine and note the similarities or differences of |
| conclude | decide by reasoning |
| contrast | put in opposition to show or emphasize differences |
| depict | give a description of |
| description | a statement that represents something in words |
| effective | producing or capable of producing an intended result |
| emphasize | stress or single out as important |
| express | communicate beliefs or opinions |
| highlight | move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent |
| imply | express or state indirectly |
| infer | conclude by reasoning |
| inference | a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence |
| insert | put or introduce into something |
| interpretation | an explanation that results from making sense of something |
| primarily | for the most part |
| primary | most important |
| summarize | briefly present the main points of something |
| support | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
| anecdote | short account of an incident |
| context | the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation |
| convince | make realize the truth or validity of something |
| demonstrate | show the validity of something, as by example or explanation |
| develop | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses |
| excerpt | a passage selected from a larger work |
| illustrate | make clear or understandable by giving an example |
| indicate | give evidence of |
| organization | a planned structure for arranging or classifying |
| perspective | a way of regarding situations or topics |
| persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief |
| point of view | a mental position from which things are perceived |
| purpose | an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions |
| quotation | a passage or expression that is cited |
| represent | express indirectly by an image, form, or model |
| selection | a passage chosen from a larger work |
| significant | important in effect or meaning |
| specify | decide upon or fix definitely |
| suggest | imply as a possibility |
| viewpoint | a mental position from which things are considered |
| accomplish | put in effect |
| shift | a qualitative change |
| focus | special emphasis attached to something |
| reveal | make visible |
| explore | inquire into |
| convey | serve as a means for expressing something |
| reference | a remark that calls attention to something or someone |
| comparison | the act of examining resemblances |
| analyze | consider in detail in order to discover essential features |
| cite | repeat a passage from |
| criticize | find fault with; point out real or perceived flaws |
| contradict | be in opposition to |
| establish | show the validity of something, as by example or explanation |
| opinion | a personal belief or judgment |
| advocate | speak, plead, or argue in favor of |
| similarity | the quality of being alike |
| symbolize | express indirectly by an image, form, or model |
| articulate | put into words or an expression |
| generalization | an idea or conclusion having broad application |
| difference | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar |
| character | an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction |
| characterization | a vivid verbal description |
| climax | the decisive moment in a novel or play |
| conflict | opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces |
| connotation | an idea that is implied or suggested |
| denotation | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression |
| development | the act of improving by expanding, enlarging, or refining |
| dialogue | the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| exposition | an account that sets forth the intent of a story |
| falling action | series of plot events following the climax of a narrative |
| flashback | a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene |
| foreshadowing | the act of providing vague advance indications |
| linear | progressing from one stage or idea to the next in sequential order |
| mood | the prevailing psychological state |
| narrator | someone who tells a story |
| nonlinear | not arranged or expressed in a sequential or straightforward way |
| omniscient | knowing, seeing, or understanding everything |
| plot | the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc. |
| point of view | a mental position from which things are perceived |
| resolution | the way the main complication of a literary work is settled |
| rising action | a series of plot events that build up toward the climax |
| setting | the context and environment in which something is situated |
| speaker | the narrative voice of a poem (as distinct from the poet) |
| style | how something is done or how it happens |
| subplot | a subordinate or secondary story in a work of fiction |
| syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
| theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work |
| tone | a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author |
| unreliable | prone to be erroneous or misleading |
| archetype | something that serves as a model |
| aside | a line spoken by an actor not intended for others on stage |
| enjambment | continuation from one line of verse into the next line |
| free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter |
| hero | the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem |
| hubris | overbearing pride or presumption |
| iamb | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables |
| iambic | of metrical units having an unstressed/stressed pattern |
| meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse |
| pentameter | a verse line having five metrical feet |
| rhyme | correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines |
| stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
| stressed | bearing an accent |
| tragic flaw | the error of a hero in a drama that leads to his downfall |
| trickster | a mischievous supernatural being (often a stock character) |
| unstressed | not bearing an accent |
| alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word |
| allusion | passing reference or indirect mention |
| ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
| assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in successive words |
| consonance | the repetition of sounds especially at the ends of words |
| dramatic irony | when the audience understands something the characters don't |
| figurative | not literal |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| imagery | the use of vivid sensory language in literature |
| irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity |
| motif | a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work |
| overstatement | exaggeration of the importance or extent of something |
| oxymoron | conjoined contradictory terms |
| paradox | a statement that contradicts itself |
| personification | attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas |
| repetition | the continued use of the same word or word pattern |
| rhetorical question | an inquiry that is not supposed to be answered |
| sarcasm | witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
| satire | a literary genre that uses humor to ridicule human failings and vices |
| simile | a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things |
| situational irony | incongruity between what happens and what was expected |
| symbolism | the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning |
| understatement | something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast |
| verbal irony | a contrast between the intended and literal meanings |
| argument | an assertion offered as evidence that something is true |
| argumentative | proceeding to a conclusion by systematic reasoning |
| claim | an assertion that something is true or factual |
| conclusion | the last section of a communication |
| dictionary | a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words |
| evidence | knowledge on which to base belief |
| graphic | a visual image |
| informational | relating to or conveying facts and knowledge |
| introduction | the first section of a communication |
| paraphrase | express the same message in different words |
| persuasive | intended or having the power to induce action or belief |
| purpose | an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions |
| summary | a brief statement that presents the main points |
| thesaurus | a book containing a classified list of synonyms |
| thesis | an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument |
| active voice | when the subject of a sentence performs the action |
| agreement | in grammar, the correspondence between two words |
| antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers |
| appropriate | suitable for a particular person, place, or situation |
| audience | the part of the general public interested in something |
| clarity | the quality of being coherent and easily understood |
| colon | a punctuation mark used after a word introducing a series |
| comma | a punctuation mark (,) indicating the separation of elements |
| conclusion | the last section of a communication |
| context | discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage |
| counterargument | an opinion offered in opposition to another position |
| descriptive | serving to inform |
| detail | a single fact considered separately from the whole |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words |
| effective | producing or capable of producing an intended result |
| essay | an analytic or interpretive literary composition |
| expository | serving to expound or set forth |
| extraneous | not pertinent to the matter under consideration |
| fragment | an incomplete sentence used as a complete sentence |
| grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with sentence structure |
| introduction | the first section of a communication |
| mechanics | the technical aspects of doing something |
| parallelism | repetition of similar or equivalent syntactic constructions |
| passive voice | when the subject of a sentence is a recipient of the action |
| position | a way of regarding situations or topics |
| pronoun | a function word that is used in place of a noun |
| punctuation | marks clarifying meaning by indicating separation of words |
| purpose | an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions |
| redundant | repeating the same sense in different words |
| semicolon | a punctuation mark used to connect independent clauses |
| syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
| tense | a category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
| thesis | an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument |
| topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion |
| transition | a passage or word that connects a topic to one that follows |
Created by:
Sr. Guinn
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