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reading STAAR
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fiction | literary work that is not real. It is usually made up |
| expository | texts that informs, gives instructions and is nonfiction |
| foreshadow | clues that indicate something will happen later on in the story or future |
| narrator | speaker or the person who is telling the story |
| drama | a story written to be performed by actors; a play |
| metaphor | a comparison of 2 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 |
| climax | the turning point of a story |
| stage directions | intructions for actors |
| main idea or central idea | |
| main idea or central idea |