7th Poetry STAAR Academic Vocabulary
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- Q1Words or phrases that have a more imaginative meaning than their usual meaning.imageryfigurative meaningliteral languagedialogue30s
- Q2Capital letters, line length, and word position; also called the "shape" of the poem.imagerymythologygraphical elementstone30s
- Q3The author's attitude about the subject.imagerymoodtonefigurative meaning30s
- Q4How the reader feels when reading an author's writing.dialoguemoodfigurative meaningtone30s
- Q5The use of words or pictures to say what something looks or sounds like.mythologyspeakerimageryconflict30s
- Q6The central idea of a passage. It has to do with what is right/wrong or what is important.similetopicmoodtheme30s
- Q7The people in a passage.themedialoguecharacterssenses30s
- Q8It is when people or forces go against one another. It creates drama that is important for any story.climaxdialoguespeakerconflict30s
- Q9Lines spoken between characters.dialoguetonesimilesconflict30s
- Q10Spiritual stories that explain a belief or a natural happening.moodtonemythconflict30s
- Q11It is one of the five natural abilities of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.charactersgraphical elementssensesmood30s
- Q12It is when a person compares two things that are different using the words "like" or "as." "Her dance skills are as sweet as sugar."conflictsimilemetaphordialogue30s
- Q13Someone who communicates.listenerthemedialoguespeaker30s
- Q14It 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."moodsimilemetaphorpersonification30s
- Q15It is big time exaggeration. "I ate the world in one bite."similemetaphorpersonificationhyperbole30s