STAAR Vocabulary 2

I appreciated the _____ as the character approached the closet door: I knew the killer was in there waiting!

• draft

• metaphor

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

He was always so _____ that I never suspected him of lying.

• diction

• factual

• pathos

• draw conclusion

Don't feel bad. This is only your first _____. It takes time to write a good essay.

• simile

• evidence

• denotative

• draft

When a doctor tells you to buy a product, you know that _____ is being used to persuade you.

• pathos

• element

• ethos

• logos

A simile is one kind of _____.

• figurative language

• dramatic irony

• cultural

• metaphor

The most common meaning is the _____ meaning.

• edit

• denotative

• dramatic convention

• factual

I think that characterization is one of the most important _____(s) of fiction.

• simile

• cultural

• element

• edit

I could recognize the writing of that author right away; he has a unique style of _____.

• denotative

• dramatic irony

• diction

• etymology

When an ad uses facts and figures to persuade you, you know it is _____.

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

• simile

Make sure you have all the important _____ before you _____(s).

• cultural, edit

• etymology, expository essay

• metaphor, draft

• evidence, draw conclusion