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sydney's STAAR terms
STAAR terms
Question | Answer |
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italicized | to print in italic type. to underscore with a single line, as in indicating italics. |
assumption | something taken for granted; a supposition |
illustrate | to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment. |
conclude | to bring to an end; finish; terminate |
dialogue | conversation between two or more persons. the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. |
excerpt | a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract. |
playwright | a writer of plays; dramatist. |
protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. |
antagonist | a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
symbolic imagery | imagery that is not descriptive of a scene, but is intended to express an abstract idea in concrete form. |
references | an act or instance of referring. 2. a mention; allusion. 3. something for which a name or designation stands; denotation. 4. a direction in a book or writing to some other book, passage, etc. 5. a book, passage, etc., to which one is directed. |
dramatic irony | Dramatic irony is when the words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters. This is the result of the reader having a greater knowledge than the characters themselves. |
objective point of view | The narrator assumes the position of an observer, detached from the narrative. |
figurative language | In literature, a way of saying one thing and meaning something else. |