Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
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Plots, Characters, and Conflicts
Plots, Characters, and Conflicts...THE REMIX!
Literary Terms
100
These additions, when added to roots, form many words in the English language.
What are affixes?
100
This prefix means "against" in every context.
What is anti-?
100
His or her life is the central concern of a work of literature.
What is the protagonist?
100
This four letter word could either refer to an area of land, a place to be buried, or the conflicts that make up a work of fiction.
What is plot?
100
It is where and when the story occurs.
What is the setting?
200
These affixes are added to the beginning of a root.
What are prefixes?
200
This PREfix normally means before.
What is pre-?
200
"The villain"
What is the antagonist?
200
It is the first step in Freytag's Pyramid. You will learn background information about the characters and setting in a work of literature in this stage.
What is the exposition?
200
These vivid descriptions appeal to all or one of the five senses in a work of literature. Here is an example: The hot, buttered bread was set on the table among an enormous, perfectly roasted turkey, corn that was yellow like a bright morning sun, and the most brown, smooth gravy that anyone had ever seen.
What is imagery?
300
Responsible for forming words like amicable, squeamish, and silently, these affixes are added to the end of a root word.
What are suffixes?
300
To have the characteristics of a girl
What is "girlish"?
300
This type of character changes throughout a work of literature.
What is a dynamic or round character?
300
All of these "actions" or events take place before this "turning point".
What is rising action?
300
The American Dream, unrequited love, and tolerance are often these in a work of literature.
What are themes?
400
This suffix, when added to words like "quick" and "swift", is normally an indicator that the word's part of speech is an adverb.
What is -ly?
400
This word with the -ous suffix, meaning jealous, would fit into the following blank: She was ________ of the girl who was pretty, popular, and super intelligent.
What is envious?
400
This "cardboard" character does not change throughout a work of literature.
What are static or flat characters?
400
This six letter, c-word refers to the turning point in a work of literature.
What is the climax?
400
...as bright as the morning star
What is a simile?
500
What prefix could be added to the word "believe" to reverse its meaning?
What is dis-?
500
This part of speech is formed in the word government when adding the -ment to the verb "govern"?
What is a noun?
500
Man vs. self
What is internal conflict?
500
The falling action lead to this part of Freytag's pyramid named after this French word which means "untying".
What is denouement?
500
She was a stone pillar as she stood among the jury, waiting for her sentence.
What is a metaphor?
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