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STAARvocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| context clues | clues in 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 non-fiction |
| main idea | what a piece of writing is mainly about |
| conflict | the problem of the 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 the story takes place |
| suffix | a word part that can be added to the end of a word to make a new one |
| foreshadow | clues that indicate something will happen later on in the story |
| text features | parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of contents, ect) |
| 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 qualities to non-human things |
| drama | a story written to be preformed by actors; a play |
| simile | comparing two things using "like" or "as" |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life written by that person |
| playwrite | 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 one character using "I" and "We" |
| drawing conclusion | collecting clues to make an inference |
| nonfiction | writing that is factual, true not made up or fiction |
| summary | a brief statement of main events of a story |
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