Plot
Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Literary Elements
STAAR Strategies
100
The part of the plot where the conflict begins to develop
Rising Action
100
The sky misses the sun at night
What is personification?
100
The attitude of the author towards his/her subject.
What is tone?
100
An element where the writer gives clues about what's going to happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
An acronym used to summarize a passage (Describe each letter in the acronym).
What is WWBST?
200
The part of the plot where the character faces the conflict; the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
200
I move fast like a cheetah in the jungle.
What is a simile?
200
Using figurative language to create a visual using the five senses.
What is Imagery?
200
The narrator is outside of the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is Third Person Omniscient?
200
The first thing you must do as soon as you begin the passage.
What is breaking down the questions?
300
The part of the plot where the story's characters, conflict, and setting are revealed
What is the exposition?
300
Her head was spinning from all the new information.
What is a hyperbole?
300
The feeling of the story.
What is Mood?
300
The narrator is outside the story but knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is Third Person Limited?
300
An acronym used to analyze a poem after reading it and annotating.
What is SIFT?
400
The part of the plot where the conflict is solved; the character usually makes a change from how they were in the beginning of the story.
What is the resolution?
400
He drowned in a sea of grief.
What is a metaphor?
400
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
400
The message of the story.
What is the theme?
400
A strategy to figure out the meaning of vocabulary words (other than the dictionary).
What is identifying context clues?
500
The part of the plot where the story's conflict begins to slow down.
What is the falling action?
500
The man at the meeting rubbed me the wrong way because of his complaints.
What is an idiom?
500
literary device used commonly in literature and in daily life where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true.
What is Inferencing?
500
The problem in the story.
What is the conflict?
500
As your reading a paragraph a passage, this must be done to understand what it's about.
What is read a little, write a little?
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