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staar vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| context clues | clues in text that help the reader dertermine the meaning of a word |
| flashback | when the story goes back in time |
| stage directions | instruction for actors |
| fiction | literary work that is not real. it is usally made up |
| onomatopoeia | words that represent sound |
| narrator | speaker or the person that is telling the story |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| climax | the Turning point of the story |
| expository | text that informs, gives instructions and is nonfiction |
| foreshadow | clues the indicate something will happen later on in the story or future |
| drama | a story written to be performed by actors; a play |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
| setting | when and where the story takes place |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| theme | the central idea or message of a story |
| author's purpose | the reason a story is written - to persuade, inform, entertain, or explain |
| conflict | the problem of the story |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-human things |
| point of view | the perspective form which the story is told |
| main idea or central idea | what a piece of writing is mainly about |
| simile | Comparing 2 things using like or as |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two things that does NOT use like or as |
| prefix | a word part that can be added to the beginning of a word to make a new word |
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