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7th Poetry STAAR Academic Vocabulary

Quiz by James Brodie

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  • Q1
    Words or phrases that have a more imaginative meaning than their usual meaning.
    imagery
    figurative meaning
    literal language
    dialogue
    30s
  • Q2
    Capital letters, line length, and word position; also called the "shape" of the poem.
    imagery
    mythology
    graphical elements
    tone
    30s
  • Q3
    The author's attitude about the subject.
    imagery
    mood
    tone
    figurative meaning
    30s
  • Q4
    How the reader feels when reading an author's writing.
    dialogue
    mood
    figurative meaning
    tone
    30s
  • Q5
    The use of words or pictures to say what something looks or sounds like.
    mythology
    speaker
    imagery
    conflict
    30s
  • Q6
    The central idea of a passage. It has to do with what is right/wrong or what is important.
    simile
    topic
    mood
    theme
    30s
  • Q7
    The people in a passage.
    theme
    dialogue
    characters
    senses
    30s
  • Q8
    It is when people or forces go against one another. It creates drama that is important for any story.
    climax
    dialogue
    speaker
    conflict
    30s
  • Q9
    Lines spoken between characters.
    dialogue
    tone
    similes
    conflict
    30s
  • Q10
    Spiritual stories that explain a belief or a natural happening.
    mood
    tone
    myth
    conflict
    30s
  • Q11
    It is one of the five natural abilities of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.
    characters
    graphical elements
    senses
    mood
    30s
  • Q12
    It is when a person compares two things that are different using the words "like" or "as." "Her dance skills are as sweet as sugar."
    conflict
    simile
    metaphor
    dialogue
    30s
  • Q13
    Someone who communicates.
    listener
    theme
    dialogue
    speaker
    30s
  • Q14
    It is when you compare one thing to another thing using words that mean something creative and different. "He is a ton of bricks dropping from the sky onto my back."
    mood
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    30s
  • Q15
    It is big time exaggeration. "I ate the world in one bite."
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
    30s

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