I AM ROOT
The meaning of the Greek root POLY. Example: polygon
What is many, several, lots?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
When and where a story takes place.
What is setting?
To compare 2 things using like or as.
What is Simile?
When an author gives hints about something that happens later.
What is foreshadowing?
The meaning of the Greek root MONO. Example: monotone
What is one
The narrator is on the edge of the story and uses you, your.
Plot events leading up to the climax of a story.
What is rising action?
To describe non-human things using human qualities.
What is personification?
What a text is mainly about.
What is the central idea or the main idea?
The meaning of the root BI. Example: bilingual
What is two?
The narrator is in the story and uses I, me, my
The problem in a story.
What is the conflict?
A word that sounds like the noise it makes.
What is onomatopoeia?
A story of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
The meaning of the Latin root DU. Example: duet
What is two?
The narrator is outside the story and only knows the thoughts of one or less characters. Uses he, she, they, it.
What is 3rd person limited.
The ending of the story.
What is the resolution?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
Used to convince the reader of the author's point of view.
What is persuasive writing?
The meaning of the root PENTA. Example: pentagram
What is five?
The narrator can tell what all the characters are thinking and feeling; uses he, she, they, it.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
The part of the story at the beginning that describes the characters and setting.
What is exposition?
Repetition of the sound at the beginning of words in a phrase.
What is alliteration?
Non-fiction that informs or instructs the reader.
What is expository?