STAAR Review - ELA Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a short retelling of a text that only focuses on the most important information
  2. 5. A type of narrative poetry that tells the story of a hero on an adventure
  3. 7. ________ Language: The use of words/language that results in an emotional reaction from the audience
  4. 9. The author’s attitude about the topic, characters or events
  5. 10. ________ Verse: A poem that doesn’t contain rhyme or rhythm
  6. 12. A hint of what is to come later in the story
  7. 14. Category of text written to be performed in a theater, on the radio, or on television
  8. 16. Occurs when the author interrupts the story to jump to the past
  9. 18. ________ and Contrast: The type of organizational pattern that shows how two topics are similar and different
  10. 20. Character vs. ________ conflict occurs when a character struggles against traditions, laws, or other institutions
  11. 21. ________ Elements: The use of capitalization, punctuation, line length, look (bold, italicized, underlined) and positioning of the words in a poem
  12. 22. Third Person ________ POV: Focuses on the thoughts of multiple characters
  13. 24. The reader’s emotions while reading about the topic, characters or events
Down
  1. 1. Text ________: The extra print and visuals included around an informational text
  2. 2. A type of logical fallacy that suggests someone should buy into something simply because everyone else is doing it
  3. 4. A conversation between characters
  4. 6. Chronological ________: The type of organizational pattern that shows the order events occur in
  5. 8. Character vs. ________ conflict occurs when a character struggles against their own mind (guilt, fear, doubt)
  6. 11. The proof that is used to support a claim or reason
  7. 13. A reference to a famous or well-known book, movie, character or event
  8. 15. A comparison of two unlike things, often suggesting one thing equals another
  9. 16. ________ Person POV: Uses pronouns I, me, my, us, our
  10. 17. Character ________ is the reason a character behaves a certain way
  11. 19. The statement the writer is trying to prove true
  12. 20. A group of lines in a poem
  13. 23. A phrase with a specific meaning that everyone in the culture understands