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STAAR vocab
STARR vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| narrator | the person that tells the story |
| Flashback | going back in time to see someones past |
| Stage directions | instructions in a script |
| fiction | not real or made up |
| onomatopoeia | a figure of speech where words phonetically imitate, resemble, or suggest the sound they describe |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration |
| climax | the turning point in the story |
| expository | text that informs and is usually non fiction |
| main idea | The central message |
| foreshadow | clues that indicate that something will happen later |
| metaphor | comparing without using like or as |
| Setting | when or where did it take place |
| authors purpose | the primary reason for writing a text |
| context clues | hints found within sentences or paragraphs |
| conflict | a process of perceived incompatibility of goals, interests, or values between parties, resulting in, or from, sharp disagreements or emotional, mental, and sometimes violent, struggles |
| dialogue | a conversation between two or more people |
| plot | the structured sequence of causally related events |
| suffix | letters that you put at the back of a word to change the meaning |
| text features | They help readers find information efficiently, visualize complex data, and identify key concepts. |
| drama | a genre of narrative fiction in film, television, and theatre that focuses on serious, realistic, and emotionally impactful portrayals of life |
| point of view | who is telling the story and from what perspective |
| stanza | a paragraph for poems |
| resolution | the end of the story where most problems are solved |
| personification | giving non human things human characteristics |
| simile | comparing using like or as |
| autobiography | when the own person writes about himself |
| playwright | person who writes the play |
| theme | the main message of the story or play |
| prefix | letters you add to the front of the word to change the meaning |
| first person | the person that is telling the story is the main character |
| drawing conclusion | the process of forming opinions, judgments, or decisions by evaluating facts, clues, and evidence, often in the absence of direct statements. |
| nonfiction | real or tells facts about real things that happened or that are happening |
| summary | a paragraph about the main ideas about the story or passage |
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