STAAR Practice Vocabulary

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What is a group of lines in a poem?

Back

Stanza

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What is the Author's Purpose?

Back

Why an author writes - their reason for writing.

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is the main idea of a text?

Back

The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text.

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What is a flashback?

Back

A scene that takes place before a story begins, interrupting the chronological order to show past events.

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What is repetition in poetry?

Back

The use of the same word or phrase multiple times to emphasize a point.

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What is a theme in literature?

Back

The underlying message or central idea of a story.

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What does it mean to infer?

Back

To make a logical guess based on evidence and reasoning.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'