ELAR Review / STAAR practice

Front

What is the series of events that make up a story?

Back

Plot

Front

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

Back

Personification

Front

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

Back

Point of View

Front

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

Back

Stanza

Front

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

Back

Theme

Front

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

Back

Simile

Front

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

Back

Metaphor

Front

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

Back

Conflict

Front

What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?

Back

Setting

Front

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

Back

Climax