Literary Terms
Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction/Fiction
STAAR Strategies
100
How a writer depicts a character either directly or indirectly.
characterization
100
The person that narrates the poem
Speaker
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

These 3 parts you should be included in your answer for an SCR

Answer

Proof (text evidence)

Explanation

200
A scene that takes the reader to an earlier part of the story.
 Flashback
200
The main image the poet uses to convey his/her message 
 Controlling image
200
A play that has a happy ending.
Comedy 
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

These 6 words are what TEEEEL stands for

Transition

Evidence

Explain

Evidence

Explain

Link Back

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 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 main idea, also known as a thesis, of an expository informational text
controlling idea
300

Two types of evidence that could be included in a thesis.

answers will vary (any 2 literary elements)

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
Rhyming words that are at the end of their respective lines. What we typically think of as a normal rhyme in a poem.
End Rhyme
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

This is the process for embedding a quote

Take a piece of evidence and embed it into your own words so it flows as one original sentence.

500
A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
500

This strategy can be used to analyze poetry

TPFASTT

TITLE, PARAPHRASE, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, SHIFT, TITLE AGAIN, THEME

500
A term when a character expresses his or her inner thoughts to the audience and does not intend for other to listen.
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

These 3 formulas are  used to organize compound sentences

S +V, FANBOYS S + V

S +V; S + V

S +V; TRANSITION, S + V

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