STAAR Vocabulary

Compares two unlike things using like or as.

• simile
• metaphor
• arguments

The author's main idea.

• arguments
• author's message
• stage direction

A struggle between two forces.

• insight
• climax
• conflict

The most important idea about a topic that the writer is trying to show.

• climax
• insight
• main idea

the main idea or lesson the author is trying to get across to the reader. 

• mataphor
• message
• predict

To make a logical guess based on your knowledge and clues from the text.

• infer
• support
• theme

Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word.

• alliteration
• influence
• insight

A force working against the main character, usually another character.

• influence
• antagonist
• climax

The sequence of events in a (play, story, novel, or text)

• mood
• plot
• setting

a statement that cannot be proven because it is a person's beliefs, feelings, or thoughts.

• opinion
• mood
• playwright