Literary Terms
Lit. Terms & Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction/Fiction
STAAR Strategies
100
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers is what two types of figurative language.
consonance & alliteration
100
the author's attitude or feeling toward the text or story
Tone
100
A serious play or drama typically dealing with the problems of a central character, leading to an unhappy or disastrous ending. Ex: Romeo and Juliet
Tragedy
100
The use of a person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and represents some other meaning, as well. Ex: The American flag or a white dove.
Symbolism
100
How many lines are available for the STAAR essay?
Twenty-six
200
A statement that is contradicting. Ex: Nature's first green is gold.
paradox
200
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
B. Couplet
200
In a play, this person gives the audience information about characters and events.

Narrator

200
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses. Look, feel, sound, taste, and smell. The sick sweet smell of the red roses was all I could remember.
Imagery
200
What book is allowed to be used throughout the entire STAAR test?
Dictionary/Thesaurus
300
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work
allusion
300
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit.
Stanza
300
Instructions written in a play that indicate actions, movements, and emotions an actor should be expressing throughout. Usually in brackets. Ex: [Sandra is looking at Tom. She is wearing a brown hat, and is holding Tom's hand. Both are conversing in a park.] Sandra: Thanks for the wonderful suprise. Tom: [smiles] It is because I love you darling.
Stage Directions
300
The central message or meaning that the author tries to convey in a piece of literature that relates to everyday life or human experiences. Ex: Love conquers all
Theme
300
A sentence that is the part of the essay that is at the end of the first paragraph (introductory paragraph). It  has a topic and an opinion.
Thesis
400
The sun smiled over the city on this hot & scorching summer day. What type or type of figurative language might this be?
Imagery and Personification
400
the central message of a story or text, often of a universal topic
Theme
400
A play is mostly written using what type of writing?
Dialogue
400
The action or sequence of events in a story. Usually contains 5 basic elements: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Plot Structure
400
What is the meaning of infer or inference? A. Summarizing B. Drawing conclusions, a logical guess, what you can tell from a piece of literature C. Meaning of the story
B. Drawing conclusions, a logical guess, what you can tell from a piece of literature.
500
A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
500
the emotional attachment or associated meaning of a word
connotation
500
A term when a character expresses his or her inner thoughts to the audience in a long speech.
Soliloquy
500
The terms that refers to the language that conveys ideas by saying the opposite. An example of this term is Sarcasm. " Melissa you came in so early today to class."
Verbal Irony Sarcasm
500
WHAT DOES BME mean & for what questions can you use this strategy?
Beginning, Middle, End/Summary
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