STAAR English I Final Review

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What is dramatic irony?

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Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not, creating tension or suspense.

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What does it mean when we say 'the car is a dinosaur'?

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It means the car is very old.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to non-human things, such as saying 'the stars will cry'.

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What are stage directions in a play?

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Stage directions are instructions in a script that tell actors where to go, how to move, and when to say their lines, often punctuated in brackets.

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What is verbal irony?

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Verbal irony is when what is said is different from what is meant.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is the setting of a story?

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The setting is the time and place in which the story occurs.

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What is the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist?

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The protagonist is the main character in a story, while the antagonist opposes the protagonist.