STAAR English EOC

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What is the sequence of events in a play, story, novel, or text?

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Plot

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What is mood in literature?

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How the reader feels.

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What is personification?

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Giving non-living things human characteristics.

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What is the purpose of expository writing?

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To explain or inform.

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What term describes evidence that helps prove your point or claim?

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Support.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The central idea or message in a work.

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What is the setting of a story?

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The time and place in which the story occurs.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is the point of view in literature?

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The perspective from which a story is told.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.