Parts of speech
Parts of Plot
Story Elements
Root Words
Prefixes & Suffixes
100
What is a word that names a person place or thing?
What is a noun
100
What do you call creatures, people, or animals in a story?
What are characters
100
What is it called when the author gives clues to hint at coming events in the story?
What is foreshadowing
100
The root word "ped" means
What is foot
100
Where is a prefix positioned on a root word?
What is at the beginning
200
What is a word that takes the place of a noun?
What is a pronoun
200
What do you call the time or location in which a story takes place?
What is setting
200
What is the perspective from which the story is told (first person, third person, etc.) referred to as?
What is point of view
200
The root word "man/manu" means
What is hand
200
What is the position of a suffix on a root word?
What is at the end
300
What is a word that shows action or being?
What is a verb
300
On a plot diagram, what is the most exciting part of the story referred to as?
What is climax
300
When the author uses word pictures to create "visual reality" for the reader, they are using?
What is imagery
300
The root word "dict" means
What is to speak
300
What does the prefix re- mean?
What is again
400
What is a word that describes a verb, adjective, & an adverb?
What is an adverb
400
What is the event called that gets the conflict started?
What is initiating action
400
The emotional atmosphere produced by an author's use of language (happy, somber, serious, etc) is referred to as?
What is mood
400
The root "spec" means
What is to look
400
What does the suffix -able mean?
What is capable of
500
What is a word that describes a noun?
What is an adjective?
500
What is the end of the story called when the conflict is resolved?
What is the resolution
500
A thought or idea, lesson learned, or the moral of the story is called?
What is theme
500
The root "ject" means
What is to throw
500
What does the prefix dis- mean?
What is opposite
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