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STAAR Vocab List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Italicized | A type of print where letters are sloped to the right used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information |
| Assumption | Something taken for granted |
| Illustrate | To furnish with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment |
| Conclude | To bring to an end; finish; terminate |
| Dialogue | A conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. |
| Excerpt | A passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract |
| Playwright | A writer of plays; dramatist |
| Protagonist | The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. |
| Antagonist | A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary |
| Symbolic Imagery | Imagery that is intended to express an abstract concept |
| References | A direction in a book or writing to some other book, passage, etc. |
| Dramatic irony | Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in a play |
| Objective point of view | The reader has access to the thoughts of no one |
| Figurative Language | When you describe something by comparing it with something else |
| Assonance | The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables |
| Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
| Simile | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as. |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable and does not use like or as. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |
| Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |
| Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman |
| Imagery | Visually description or figurative language |
| Tone | The writer's attitude towards the subject |
| Mood | The emotions the reader feels when they read a story |
| Symbolism | The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities |
| Flashback | A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story |
| Genre | A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter |
| Narrative | A book, literary work, etc., containing such a story |
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