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STAAR Vocabulary
STAAR vocabulary words for Mrs.Rovenstine 5th Period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| italicized | Print text in italics (verb) |
| assumption | A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof (noun) |
| illustrate | Provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures (verb) OR explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc. (verb) |
| conclude | Bring (something) to an end (verb) OR arrive at a judgment or opinion by reasoning(verb) |
| dialogue | Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie (noun) |
| excerpt | A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing (noun) |
| playwright | A person who writes plays (noun) |
| protagonist | The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text (noun) |
| antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary (noun) |
| symbolic imagery | Imagery that is not descriptive of a scene, but is intended to express an abstract idea in concrete form |
| references | Mentions or citations of a source of information in a book or article |
| dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
| objective point of view | The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to reporting what the characters say or do; the author does not interpret their behavior or tell us their private thoughts or feelings |
| figurative language | Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole) |
| genre | A category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter |
| alliteration | The repetition of the same or similar letter or sound at the beginning of words (yEllow wEdding bElls) |
| narrative | In the form of or concerned with narration (a narrative poem) (adj.) |
| assonance | The repetition of the same or similar vowel sound in words. |
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