LITERARY TEXTS
INFORMATIONAL TEXTS
VOCABULARY
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & POETRY
Affixes
100
The location and time in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
100

A list of words and definitions. a. glossary b. diagram c. theme

What is a. glossary?

100
A word that means almost the same thing.
What is a synonym?
100
"The tiny white flowers dotted the morning mountainside like patches of snow" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
100

The meaning of the prefixes poly- or multi-

What is many or much?

200
This is when a character is talking.
What is dialogue?
200

A picture that includes labels of certain parts. a. glossary b. diagram c. theme

What is a diagram?

200
A word that means the opposite.
What is an antonym?
200
"The stars were candles guiding the weary travelers" is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
200

The meaning of the suffix -able or -ible.

What is can be able?

300

This is the people in a play or story.

Who are the characters?

300
A passage that is explained in order of when the events happened uses this text structure.
What is chronological order?
300

This reference lists synonyms for words.

What is a thesaurus?

300
"This cat weights a ton" is an example of this.
What is a hyperbole?
300

The meaning of the root photo.

What is light?

400

This is the part of the story when the suspense peaks and the problem is solved. a. exposition b. rising action c. climax d. resolution

C. Climax

400

This is at the end of an article and it lists the sources the author used to write the passage. a. glossary b. preface c. bibliography

What is c. bibliography?

400
When this is added to the beginning of a root word, it makes a new word and chenges the meaning of the word.
What is a prefix?
400
"Storm clouds threatened to flood the wheat fields in the Midwestern region" is an example of this.
What is personification?
400

The meaning of the suffix -logy or -ology.

What is the science or study of?

500
This is the deeper meaning or the insight the story teaches about life.
What is theme?
500
The paragraph that usually reemphasizes and summarizes the main idea in an informational passage.
What is the last paragraph or conclusion
500

Words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings. a. homonyms b. homographs c. homophones

What are c. homophones?

500
"Rain drummed a steady tempo on the roof" is an example of this.
What is imagery?
500

The meaning of the root scrib or script.

What is to write?

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