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STAAR definitons
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Italicized | Pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters normally slope to the right pattered upon a manuscript hand, and used for emphasis to separate different kinds of information. |
| assumption | Something taken from granted. |
| illustrate | To furnish with drawings,paintings, pictures, or other artwork intended for further explanation. |
| conclude | To bring to an end, terminate, finish, etc. |
| dialogue | Conversation between two or more people. |
| excerpt | A passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like. |
| playwright | A writer of plays |
| protagonist | The leading character or hero in literature. |
| antagonist | A person or thing that goes against the hero. |
| symbolic imagery | imagery that is not descriptive of a scene, but is intended to express an abstract idea in concrete form. |
| references | An act or instance of referring. |
| dramatic irony | Irony that is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters. |
| objective point of view | when the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue. |
| figurative language | of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor. |