STAAR READING

Question 1

Theme

Answer 1

the message of the story

Question 2

acts {drama}

Answer 2

sections of the play that can be divided into scenes

Question 3

plot

Answer 3

action of the story, what happnes

Question 4

dialogue

Answer 4

talking between 2 characters

Question 5

alliteration

Answer 5

the repetition of some sound

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

words that imitate sounds [boom bam sap]

Question 7

assonance

Answer 7

the repetition of the sound of a vowel

Question 10

rhyme scheme

Answer 10

the pattern of rhyming lines

Question 11

FL

Answer 11

uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification to describe something

Question 12

simile

Answer 12

comparing 2 things USEING like or as

Question 13

metaphor

Answer 13

comparing 2 things WITHOUGHT using like or as

Question 14

personification

Answer 14

giving human characteristics to a non living thing

Question 15

hyperbole

Answer 15

an extreme exaggeration

Question 16

FADE

Answer 16

Facts. Antidotes, DETAILS, EXAMPLES

Question 17

ARMS

Answer 17

add details, remove unneeded stuff, move sentences or words, replace boring words

Question 18

adverb

Answer 18

a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb

Question 19

pronounce

Answer 19

takes the place of a noun {she, hime, her}