English II STAAR Vocabulary

Literature that develops plot and characters through dialogue and action.

• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Drama
• Expository

A remark spoken in an undertone by one character either to the audience or to another character, which the remaining supposedly do not hear.

• Aside
• Soliloquy
• Monologue
• Dialogue

A character who provides a striking contrast to another.

• Dynamic character
• Character Foil
• Dramatic Irony
• Characterization

When the audience is fully aware of the situation that character(s) are unaware of.

• Sarcasm
• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Serve as an instructional manual for the director, actors, stage crews, and general reader.

• Stage direction
• Monologue
• Soliloquy
• Aside

A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character to both the other characters on stage and the audience.

• Dialogue
• Monologue
• Soliloquy
• Aside

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

• Dialogue
• Monologue
• Soliloquy
• Aside

A dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone. It often ends happily with a peaceful resolution.

• Satire
• Poetry
• Tragedy
• Comedy

Used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main part of a story. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• Prologue
• Satire
• Plot
• Mood

A literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.

• Dramatic Irony
• Foil
• Motif
• Characterization