STAAR Quiz #5

poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

• limerick

• shape poem

• free verse

a character trait that describes someone who doesn't like to spend money

• greedy

• frugal

a division or type of literature

• genre

• drama

• figurative language

fiction that involves an event in history. Contains historical facts, events, or people, but is not true.

• historical fiction

• fantasy

• science fiction

elaborate exaggeration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Drawings or photographs that help explain the text

• scribbles

• illustrations

• imagery

a collection of word pictures that appeal to the reader; uses devices such as metaphor, simile, etc.

• scribbles

• imagery

• lines

influencing strongly

• idiom

• impact

• inference

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

• infer/inference

• main idea