Poetry/Drama
What are the words or instructions in a play that are written in brackets?
Stage directions
What is the message or lesson of a story is called?
Theme
Example - The tree danced in the breeze.
Personification
What kind of story has two passages and then questions comparing and contrasting the passages?
Paired Passage
What should you do the night before the test?
Go to bed EARLY!
In a play, what is the conversation between characters that advances the plot and reveals conflict?
Dialogue
What is the use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur?
Foreshadowing
Example - The earth is a green blanket.
Metaphor
Includes stage directions and dialogue?
Drama
When you feel like your brain is tired or the words are starting to blur together, what should you do?
go to the bathroom
get a drink of water
What is a paragraph and sentence called in a poem?
Stanza
Line
The perspective from which a story is told is called?
Point of view
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
What is a story that is untrue and told for entertainment called?
Fiction
What should you do as you read the passage on the STAAR?
Annotate, write off to the side the main idea or summary of each paragraph.
What is the use of a word or phrase more than one time called?
Repetition
What is a struggle between two opposing forces?
Conflict
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish".
Onomatopoeia
What is a text that explains or informs called?
Expository
What should you do after you "finish" the test before you turn it in?
Check that your answers and your answer document are the same.
What does TPDASTT stand for?
Title
Paraphrase
Devices
AttitudeShift
Title
Theme
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage?
Mood
Language that appeals to the 5 senses.
Imagery
What is a story that is true and happened in real life called?
Non-Fiction
What do we call the words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning?
Context clues