STAAR Vocabulary Test #3

a phrase that means something different than what the individual 

 words say

• Idiom

• Figurative Language

• Simile

• Metaphor

a quality that a person possesses such as honesty or selfishness

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Character Trait

• Chronological Order

a diagram used to show key elements in a story, such as plot, conflict,   

                  solution, setting, character

• Chronological Order

• Story Map

• Figurative Language

• Character Traits

when something that is not living takes on the qualities of a living 

                           thing

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

when two things are compared by the use of words like and as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Idiom

when two things are compared without the use of like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Idiom

exact opposite of what you would expect to happen

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Character Trait

• Chronological Order

a way of expressing words or events that is not realistic, but it uses lots of similes and metaphors and imagery 

• Chronological Order

• Story Map

• Figurative Language

• Character Traits

extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Character Trait

• Chronological Order

 pattern in which ideas are presented in the order they occur - sequence

• Chronological Order

• Story Map

• Figurative Language

• Character Traits