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STAAR VOCABULARY ENGLISH 1 Flashcards

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Characterization

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The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

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Flashback

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A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events

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Foil

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A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist. The purpose of the foil character is to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only

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Plot

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The sequence of events in a story. It is composed of 5 identifiable parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

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Rising Action

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Minor conflicts are introduced. Tension is building. Leads to climax

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or at the end of words that are near each other in poetry (cat, lap, rack, glad)

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Author’s Purpose

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The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

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Audience

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A speaker or author’s listener or reader; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.

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Diction

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A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words

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Expository Text

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Writing that provides factual information to explain something

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Inference

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A conclusion reached by a reader based on evidence from the text and reasoning.

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Conflict

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The struggle between 2 opposing forces in a story. Ex: Man v. Man ; Man v. Self

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Commentary

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This comes at the end of your body paragraphs in an essay. The purpose is to connect your examples to your thesis statement.

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Summary

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A simple retelling of what you’ve just read.

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Allusion

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A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

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Act

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A division in a play (drama), similar to chapters in a book

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Aside

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A comment that only the audience is supposed to hear

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows more than the characters know in a work of literature

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Monologue

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A long speech made by one performer directed to another character

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Scene

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A division of an act in a play. Like a sub-chapter

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Soliloquy

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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

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Stage Directions

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Instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in italics and in brackets… describe the actions taking place on stage

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Tragedy

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A serious form of drama that ends sadly. It also deals with the downfall of a heroic or noble character

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Comedy

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A funny/ lighthearted play that ends happily

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Figurative Language

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A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.

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Imagery

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Descriptive writing that appeals to the 5 senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

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Foreshadowing

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Hints at what’s to come in the story

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Paradox

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means contrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth.

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Symbolism

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A thing that represents or stands for something else

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Theme

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The underlying & universal lesson, message, or moral that a writer wants you to understand from his/her work.

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Tone

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Author’s attitude that is revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices)

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Annotate

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Interacting with a piece of text as your read. Marking it up and paraphrasing the meaning (paragrpah by paragrpah) out in the margins

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Mood

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How the reader feels after reading a piece of text.

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Thesis statement

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Topic sentence of your entire essay. This should answer the question in the prompt very carefully. This will become a roadmap that you will follow as your write

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Main Idea

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what a piece of writing is mainly about

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3rd Person Omniscient P.O.V.

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The narrator is an outside voice (not a character within the story) and he knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story

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Irony

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A contrast between expectation and reality

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Paradox

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A figure of speech or statement that seems contradictory but actually contains a hidden truth

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Point of View

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The perspective from which a story is told

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Situational Irony

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When a fire station burns down

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1st Person P.O.V

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The narrator is a character within the story

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Denotation

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Dictionary meaning of a word

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Details

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Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea

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Hyperbole

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A type of figurative language that involves extreme exaggeration

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Body Paragraphs

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These contain a topic sentence that tells readers what the paragraph is going to be about, examples and lots of detail to support the idea or ideas in the topic sentence, as well as commentary that connects examples to thesis statement.

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Personification

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The savory aroma of the freshly baked pizza called my name all the way from the kitchen

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3rd Person Limited P.O.V

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The narrator is an outside voice (not a character within story) who knows the inner thoughts and feelings of only 1 character

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Sarcasm

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Verbal irony

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Stanza

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A group of lines in poetry

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Connotation

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The emotional meaning of a word

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Details

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Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea. Your body paragraphs in your essays should be full of them!

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Plot

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Sequence of events in a story

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Alliteration

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When a group of words that are close together share the same initial sounds (writing, rat, run, wreath)

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Irony

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A contrast between expectation and reality (there are 3 types)

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Point of View

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The perspective from which a story is told

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Summary

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A retelling of the most important parts of what was read.

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Topic Sentence

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This is the main idea of each body paragraph. It contains the focus of the paragraph and tells readers what the paragraph is going to be about

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Archetypes

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Universal patterns in literature. (Could be similar types of characters, settings, plots)

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Setting

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The time and place of the action

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