STAAR Reading Vocab

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What is lyrical poetry?

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Poetry that conveys strong feelings and emotions, often written like a song.

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What is a line in a poem?

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One line of words in a poem.

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What is a suffix?

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A syllable that is added to the end of a word (example: helpFUL).

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What is a prefix?

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An added syllable that comes at the beginning of a word (example: REwrite).

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What is a heading?

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It tells us what the section of text will be about.

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What is narrative poetry?

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A type of poetry that tells a story.

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What is free verse poetry?

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Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is a plot?

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The sequence of events in a story or poem.

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What is a theme?

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The main idea or underlying message in a piece of writing.