ELAR Review / STAAR practice

What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Personification

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

• Personification

What is the term for the main idea or underlying message in a story?

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

• Setting

What is the term for the author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience?

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

• Style

What is the term for the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

What is the term for the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Theme

• Characterization

What is the term for the highest point of tension in a story?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Falling Action

What do we call a group of lines forming a unit in a poem?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Couplet

• Strophe

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

• Point of View

• Narrative Style

• Character Development

• Plot Structure

What term describes something that gives human qualities to something that is not human?

• Anthropomorphism

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allegory