Genres
In this genre, games, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are created.
Fiction
The shortened acronym and strategy that writers use to respond to open-ended questions. Additionally, what does the acronym/strategy stand for?
ACE (Answer, Cite, Explain)
A moral/ethical, internal dilemma that occurs within the mind of a character.
Internal Conflict
This diagram includes the following elements: Exposition, Conflict(s), Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, & Resolution, as well as Theme.
Plot Mountain/Linear Plot
This tool can be used on the STAAR to look up unknown words.
Dictionary
The following list: Tanka, Concrete, Free Verse, Ode, Limerick, Sonnet, & Epic - fall within this genre.
Poetry
This is a writer's ability to relate to and formulate some type of text _ . The following are all examples of these text _ that critical readers can make:
- Text-To-SELF
- Text-To-TEXT
- Text-To-WORLD
Text Connections
The following types: Man VS. Man, Man VS. Nature, Man VS. Technology, & Man VS. Society - are included in this outside problem.
External Conflict
The two main types of characters within a traditional story: the _, which is usually the main/hero, and a _, which is typically seen as the villain and/or the character who opposes the main character.
Protagonist & Antagonist
What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?
Bernard was as wimpy as a flamingo’s neck. It was as if he could be broken.
Simile
In this genre, the events are portrayed to the best of one’s memory. While all of the events in this genre are true, some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of the people involved.
Non-Fiction
When constructing an open-ended response, a writer must justify their answer using "_ _".
Text Evidence
When a character and/or individual has a memory from the past and/or returns backward in time. This can occur at any point within a plot.
Flashback
Stories can be told in any of the following types of _ - _ - _, which include the following: 1ST Person, 2ND Person, 3RD Person LIMITED, & 3RD Person OMNISCIENT.
Point-of-View
Properly punctuate the following sentence:
My friend who loves horror movies is scared of the dark
My friend, who loves horror movies, is scared of the dark.
In this genre, the story is told primarily through dialogue and stage directions.
An _'s _ is how he/she chooses to craft his/her writing. This can include their chosen point-of-view, literary devices, tone, mood, as well as additional other rhetorical techniques.
Author's Purpose
When a reader can predict and/or infer the events that are yet to come because of how the author crafts their story using imagery.
Foreshadow
The _’s _ is a narrative archetype where the character must go on a journey that changes their life.
Hero's Journey
Which STAAR Strategy requires that you read the first two words of an answer choice?
When you see the word "Author"
In this genre, the story and characters are fictitious; however, certain long-standing institutions, agencies, public offices, events, and significant individuals may be alluded to and mentioned, but the characters involved are wholly imaginary.
Historical Fiction
At the beginning of every essay, writers must write a _ _, this statement is like a road map for the essay.
Thesis Statement
The following are examples of this literary device:
- Harry Potter's LIGHTNING BOLT SCAR ("Harry Potter")
- Katniss Everdeen's BOW & ARROW ("The Hunger Games")
- John B.'s COMPASS (Netflix's "Outer Banks")
Symbol(s)
Every text, whether fiction or non-fiction, includes a life lesson and/or moral; this is known as _, which is what the author wishes the reader/audience to walk away learning, reflecting on, and/or thinking about.
Theme
Give an example of an oxymoron.
An oxymoron is a type of figurative language where two words that contradict one another are placed side-by-side.
Examples
Jumbo Shrimp
Little Giants
Loud Silence
Softest Sandpaper