ELA Staar Review
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protagonist
Main character in fiction or drama
The parts of a text that stand out
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information provided
Part of an act in a play
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To inform
An author's purpose that teaches you new information
The part of the story that tells explains the setting and background of the story
A short story that teaches a moral lesson
Words that are opposite
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Analogy
A person belief or judgment that cannot be proven
the attitude, or feeling that the author has about the subject
A similarity of comparison between two different things or the relationship between them
fiction that involves an event in history. Contains historical facts, events, or people, but is not true.
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Text structure
using clues from the story to make a reasonable guess about what will happen next
a position on an issue or problem
the part of a story which follows the climax or turning point
the author's method of organizing text
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A character who opposes the the main character of a story and is usually considered "the bad guy."
protagonist
antagonist
villianologist
evilist
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The story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict— in a plot.
resolution
rising action
climax
falling action
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The exchange of spoken words between two or more characters
conflict
dialogue
dialect
monologue
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Language that cannot be taken literally
Speeches
Monologues
Dialect
Figurative Language
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When Authors give hints about what might happen later in the story
foreshadowing
flashback
falling action
irony
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When two things are compared by saying that one thing is the other thing
simile
metaphor
idiom
alliteration
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Which is an example of an onomatopoeia?
buzz
paint
fluffly
harangue
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When human characteristics are given to non-humans.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
irony
personification
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When and where a story takes place.
characterization
plot overview
setting
point of view
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Which is an example of a metaphor?
That man is a pig!
Life is like a box of chocolates.
She is on cloud nine today!
The leaves danced in the wind.
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Which is an example of a simile?
That man is a pig!
Life is like a box of chocolates.
She is on cloud nine today!
The leaves danced in the wind.
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Which is an example of personification?
That man is a pig!
Life is like a box of chocolates.
She is on cloud nine today!
The leaves danced in the wind.
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What is theme?
What a story is about
The lesson of the story
How the characters behave
Why things happen in a story
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What is central idea?
What a story is about
The lesson of the story
How the characters behave
Why things happen in a story
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Which sentence is written in 1st Person point of view?
The man laughed as he walked away.
Sylvia thought it was funny to see a woman wearing a fur coat in June.
Next, mix the flour and eggs in a large bowl.
We ran to the store to buy snacks for our party.
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Which sentence is written in 2nd Person point of view?
The man laughed as he walked away.
Sylvia thought it was funny to see a woman wearing a fur coat in June.
Next, mix the flour and eggs in a large bowl.
We ran to the store to buy snacks for our party.
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Which sentence is written in 3rd Person Limited point of view?
The man laughed as he walked away.
Sylvia thought it was funny to see a woman wearing a fur coat in June.
Next, mix the flour and eggs in a large bowl.
We ran to the store to buy snacks for our party.
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Which sentence is written in 3rd Person Omniscient point of view?
The man laughed as he walked away.
Sylvia thought it was funny to see a woman wearing a fur coat in June.
Next, mix the flour and eggs in a large bowl.
We ran to the store to buy snacks for our party.
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Which is NOT considered one of the 3 purposes an author has for writing?
Inform
Entertain
Persuade
Finances
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The reason something happens and the result of it happening.
Cause and Effect
Author's Purpose
Main Idea
Plot Diagram
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protagonist
Main character in fiction or drama
The parts of a text that stand out
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information provided
Part of an act in a play
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