Parts of Words
a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it’s used
What is a suffix?
instructions in a play that tell actors what to do or where to go
What are stage directions?
what a story or article is mostly about
What is the topic?
a statement someone believes to be true
What is a claim?
a person, being, or animal in a story
What is a character?
words that mean something different than their normal meaning
What is figurative language?
Describes something that has happened which has caused something else to happen.
What is cause and effect?
exaggerated language
What is a hyperbole?
a general term for any part (like a prefix or suffix) added to a word to change its meaning
What is an affix?
the words characters say to each other in a story or play
What is dialogue?
a smaller title under the main title that tells what the text is about
What is a subtitle?
something that is true and can be proven
What is a fact?
the sequence of events in a story
What is the plot?
ways writers use sound, like rhyme or repetition
What is a sound device?
Describes the similarities and differences between two or more subjects
What is compare and contrast?
comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
the basic part of a word that gives
it its main meaning
What is a root word?
the person who tells the story
Who is the narrator?
the people the author writes for or speaks to
What is the audience?
what someone thinks or feels; it can’t be proven true
What is an opinion?
a problem or struggle between opposing forces
What is the conflict?
a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph
What is a stanza?
Gives information about a problem and explains one or more possible solutions to the problem
What is problem and solution?
a word that sounds like the noise it describes
What is onomatopoeia?
a letter or group of letters added to the
beginning of a word to change its meaning
What is a prefix?
objects used by characters in a play to help tell the story
What are props?
the way a text is organized or put together
What is structure?
why the writer wrote something
What is author's purpose?
the central idea or message of a text
What is the theme?
a pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem
What is a rhyme scheme?
A topic, idea, person, or thing is described by listing its features, characteristics, or examples.
What is description?
a device where human qualities are given to non-human things, such as animals, objects, or nature
What is personification?
the smallest part of a word that holds meaning
What is a morpheme?
a big section of a play, like a chapter in a book
What is an act?
the most important point or message in a text
What is the key (main) idea?
a claim or opinion supported by reasons and evidence
What is an argument?
the part of the story where things start to get exciting
What is rising action?
words that help you picture something in your mind
What is imagery?
Describing a series of events in the order they happened in time
What is chronological order?
a figure of speech that describes something by saying it is something else to create a vivid picture, without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
What is a syllable?
smaller parts inside an act
What are scenes?
putting things in a way that makes sense
What is logical order?
facts, examples, or details that prove something is true
What is evidence?
the end of the story where the problems get solved
What is resolution (or denoument)?
a single row of words in a poem
What is a line?
Structuring information from most to least important or least to most important
What is order of importance?
when several words in a row start with the same sound
What is alliteration?