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STAAR VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Context Clues | clues in a text that help the reader determine the meaning of a word |
| Flashback | when the story goes back in time |
| Stage Directions | Instructions for actors |
| Fiction | literary work that is not real. It is usually made up. |
| Onomatopoeia | words that represents sounds |
| Narrator | speaker or the person who is telling the story |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| Climax | the turning point of the story |
| Expository | text that informs, gives instructions and is nonfiction |
| Main Idea | the central idea or message of a story |
| Conflict | the problem of a story |
| Dialogue | a conversation between 2 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 a story takes place |
| Suffix | a word part 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 stand out (diagram, table of contents, etc) |
| Author's Purpose | the reason a story is written- to persuade, inform, entertain or explain |
| Point of View | 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 human quality's to non-human things |
| Drama | a story written to be preformed by actors: a play |
| Simile | comparing two things with "like or as" |
| Autobiography | the story of a person's life written by that person |
| Playwright | person who wrote a play/drama |
| Theme | what a piece of writing is mainly about |
| 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 one character using "I" and "We" |
| Drawing Conclusion | collecting clues to make a inference |
| Nonfiction | writing that is factual, true not made up or fictional |
| Summary | a brief statement of main events of a story |