staar english vocab :)

Question 1

Exposition

Answer 1

the introduction of the story, where the main characters or other elements are introduced

Question 2

Rising action

Answer 2

events leading to the main event/problem of the story

Question 3

Turning point/Climax

Answer 3

the most exciting part of the story

Question 4

Falling action

Answer 4

events that lead to the problem/conflict being solved

Question 5

Resolution

Answer 5

events that bring the story to a close (also known as denouement)

Question 6

Theme/central message

Answer 6

the underlying message of a story, poem, or play

Question 7

Internal conflict

Answer 7

a struggle that takes place in a character’s mind

Question 8

External conflict

Answer 8

a struggle between a character and an outside force

Question 9

Protagonist

Answer 9

the main character in a story or play, usually the hero of the story

Question 10

Antagonist

Answer 10

the character or a force in conflict with the main character, usually the villain

Question 11

First person point of view

Answer 11

a character in the story is the narrator and is telling the story; Pronouns: uses I, me, we

Question 12

Third person limited point of view

Answer 12

focuses on only ONE character’s actions, emotions, and thoughts; uses character’s names, he, she, it, they, him, her

Question 13

Third person objective point of view

Answer 13

focuses on every character’s actions but NOT the emotions and thoughts – the narrator sees and hears everything; uses character’s names, he, she, it, they, him, her

Question 14

Third person omniscient point of view

Answer 14

knows the actions, emotions, and thoughts of every character – the narrator knows EVERYTHING; uses character’s names, he, she, it, they, him, her

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

When the author gives a hint about something that will happen

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

an event that is the opposite of what is expected to happen

Question 17

Flashback

Answer 17

an event from the past that is shown in a story

Question 18

Idiom

Answer 18

an expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning

Question 19

Simile

Answer 19

a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

a comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use “like” or “as”

Question 21

Hyperbole

Answer 21

an exaggeration used to emphasize something

Question 22

Alliteration

Answer 22

repeating the same beginning consonant sounds (

Question 23

Onomatopoeia

Answer 23

he use of words to imitate sounds

Question 24

Symbolism

Answer 24

The use of an object (a thing), person, situation, or word to represent something else

Question 25

Rhythm

Answer 25

rhythm is the flow or beat in a poem and gives it a musical poetry and could be fast or slow

Question 26

meter

Answer 26

the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse you can also think of it as the beat

Question 27

rhyme

Answer 27

rhyme are words that end with the same sound some examples are lazy and daisy or laffy taffy they sound the same but are not the same word and they don’t have to end the same way they could end like could and allowed

Question 28

rhyme scheme

Answer 28

rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme at the end of each line that is an example of it it could be aabb, baba, abab ,abac and bbaa

Question 29

imagery

Answer 29

the use of words to create images in your MIND it appeal’s to the five senses: hear smell touch taste and see details make the visuals strong

Question 30

graphic

Answer 30

graphic elements are when the author uses punctuation and capitalization to add effects sometimes it applies to line length

Question 31

author’s purpose

Answer 31

why the author writes a poem or book