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STAAR Language Arts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forms of Text Organization | Chronological, Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Compare/Contrast |
| Genre | Category of literature, i.e., Mystery, Romance, Horror, Fantasy, etc. |
| Persuasive Appeals | Ethos: ethical appeal, "right thing to do", professionals; Logos: logical appeal, statistics, facts; Pathos: emotional appeal, sympathy, sadness, feelings |
| Point of View | 1st person: told from character's POV, "I"; 3rd limited: Outside narrator focuses on one character's view and thoughts; 3rd omniscient: outside narrator shows POV of several characters, "all-knowing" |
| Epic Poetry | lengthy narrative poem focusing on heroic deeds and/or a serious subject |
| Lyrical Poetry | poetry that expresses personal thoughts, expression, and feeling |
| Metaphor and Simile | Metaphor: comparing two things without "like" or "as"; Simile: comparing two things using "like" or "as" |
| Author's Purpose | Can be to persuade, reflect, inform, or entertain on a certain topic or story |
| Sensory Language | Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell) |
| Playwright | Person who writes plays |
| Illustrate | To tell or show certain emotions or feelings through writing |
| Personification | Using language that makes an inanimate object do something of motion or human actions, i.e., "the tree danced in the wind" |
| Inference | Drawing to a conclusion in a text using background knowledge and supporting details |
| Issue |
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