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STAARvocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| context clues | clues in the 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 |
| onomatopoia | words that represent sounds |
| narrator | speaker, or 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 | what a piece of writing is mainly about |
| conflict | the problem of the story |
| dialogue | a conversation 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 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 |
| author's purpose | the reason a story is written |
| point of view | the perspective of which a story is told |
| stanza | the "paragraph" of a poem |
| resolution | the solution to a problem, or a final outcome of a story |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-human things |
| drama | a play |
| simile | comparing two things using like or as |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life written by that person |
| playwright | person who wrote a play/drama |
| theme | the central idea or message in a story |
| prefix | a word part that can be added to the beginning of a word to make a new word |
| 1rst person point of view | story told from the view of one person using I and we |
| drawing conclusion | collecting clues to make an inference |
| nonfiction | writing that is factual, true not made up or fictional |
| summary | a brief statement of main events in a story |