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STARvocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| context clues | Clues that help the reader understand the meaning of a word |
| flashback | when the story goes back in time |
| stage directions | instructions for the actors |
| fiction | literary work that is not real. It is usually made up. |
| onomatopoeia | words that repersents sounds |
| narrator | speaker or the person who is telling the story |
| hyperbole | an exggeration |
| climax | the turning point of the story |
| expository | text that informs, gives instructions, andis non-fiction. |
| main idea | what a paice of writing is mainly about |
| conflict | the problem of the story |
| dialogue | A conservation between two people. |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| setting | when, and where the story takes place |
| suffix | a word that can be added to the end of a word to make a new word |
| foreshadow | clues that indicate something will happen later on in the story or future |
| text features | parts of a text that standout( diagram, tabe of contents, etc.) |
| authors pupose | the reason a story is written- to persuade, inform, entertain, or explain. |
| point of veiw | the perspective from which the story is told |
| stanza | the"paragraph" in a poem |
| resolution | the solution to a problem or final outcome of a story |
| personification | giving huma qualities to non-human things |
| drama | a story written to be performed by actors; a play |
| simile | comparing two things using" like", or "as" |
| autobiography | the story of a persons life written by that person |
| playwright | person who wrote a play/drama |
| theme | the central idea or message of a story |
| prefix | a word part that can be added to the beginning of a word to make a new word |
| 1st person point of view | story told from the view point of on character using"I" and "we" |
| drawing conclusion | collecting clues to make an inference |
| non-fiction | writing that is factual true not made up or fictional |
| summery | a breif statement of main events of a story |