Root Word/Suffix
This suffix changes an adjective into an adverb of manner. It describes how or in what way an action was done.
What is -ly?
This is a comparison of two things that uses like or as.
Make this word plural- Thief
What are thieves?
This genre uses stanzas and lines. It typically expresses emotion.
What is poetry?
This part of the plot includes where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
This suffix means capable of or tending to.
What is -able?
This is the repeating of a word, phrase, or line, typically used in poetry.
What is repetition?
What are Mark and John?
This is writing that typically retells a memorable time in an author's life.
What is a memoir?
This part of the plot is the moment of greatest intensity in a story.
What is climax?
This suffix means a person who does, makes, practices, or is skilled in.
What is -ist?
This is comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other. This comparison does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Correct this statement for capitalization-
we went to tobyhanna state park.
We went to Tobyhanna State Park.
This type of writing includes details that allow the reader to understand a topic or process.
What is an informative/explanatory essay?
This part of the plot is where the story comes to a conclusion and the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution?
This root word means house/home or lord/master.
What is -dom-?
This is the repetition of the beginning sounds of words, usually used in poetry.
What is alliteration?
Insert parentheses into this sentence.
The town which was once flooded built the new stadium at the center of town.
The town (which was once flooded) built the new stadium at the center of town.
This type of writing is typically based on historical events, but includes fictional characters and their actions.
What is historical fiction?
This part of the plot is a series of events that build to the largest event in the story.
This is from the first unit. It is a root word that means to look or see.
What is -spec-?
This is giving human qualities to nonhuman items or things.
What is personification?
These words are needed to make a future perfect tense verb.
What is will have a past tense verb?
This type of writing uses a lot of figurative language and rhythm/rhyme.
What is poetry?
This is the main problem or issue in a story. It is what the plot is based on.
What is a conflict?