Figurative Language
Persuasion
Narratives
Poetic Devices
Grab Bag
100
a sentence that compares two unlike things using "like" or as"
Simile
100

who the author is trying to persuade, inform, or entertain

Audience

100
a conversation between two or more characters
Dialogue
100
using a person, thing, or object to represent something else
Symbolism
100
The universal message of a story
Theme
200
a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as
Metaphor
200

What must all evidence have when you write an analytical paragraph?

Evidence must be relevant, cited, and embedded
200
the main or leading character in a narrative
Protagonist
200
the repeated use of the same word or phrase, usually for emphasis
Repetition
200

When we take the STAAR READING portion, what are the three strategies we use from start to finish?

1. Go to the questions and annotate 

2. Read the passage, find PAM, and annotate the passage. 

3. Answer the questions. 

300
giving human traits (qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics) to non-living things
Personification
300

an appeal to a reader's emotions

pathos appeal

300

when the author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in a story

Foreshadowing

300
Repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line
Alliteration
300
The attitude of the author/narrator towards the subject being written about
Tone
400

a story that uses magical elements in a realistic setting

magical realism

400

an appeal to someone's credibility

ethos

400
point of view when the narrator is an outsider looking at the action, but the reader enters only one character's mind
Third person limited
400
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or other piece of literature
Allusion
400
The main idea of an essay to be proved/explained (subject + two opinions)
Thesis
500

the description of a character based on their thoughts, actions, and feelings

characterization

500
an argument that opposes your claim
Counterargument
500
point of view when the narrator is an outsider observing the action, and the thoughts of every character are open to the reader
Third person omniscient
500
Repeated use of the same sentence structure, usually to show two topics are of equal importance
Parallelism
500
when the audience/reader knows something that the characters do not
Dramatic irony
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