Literary Terms
Lit. Terms & Poetry
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STAAR Strategies/Info
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
The voice that tells or carries the story.
What is narrator
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:Wise fool

paradox
200
an author's word choice
What is diction?
200
Reveals the outcome of the conflict.
What is the resolution?
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
Often includes important details such as the main characters, the setting and main events in a literary piece and main ideas and supporting details in an expository piece.
What is a summary?
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
What are the 3 components of the introduction?
Hook, Transition, 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

This pattern shows causal relationships between events, ideas, and trends. Some transition words used in this pattern are "because, since, as a result of." 

What is cause and effect? 

400
The acronym CUPS stands for – 
What is Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling?
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
When Jon's girlfriend broke up with him, he fell into a pit of despair
What is a metaphor?
500

 Sometimes a text only hints at the main idea instead of telling it outright. In that case, it's the reader's job to make a...

What is an inference?
500
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