Greek/Latin Root Words
A root word that means "all."
What is omni?
A suspenseful story with a puzzling event.
What is a mystery?
The beginning of a plot line.
What is the exposition?
An example is "The clouds danced across the sky"
What is an example of personification?
An argumentative tactic where the author speaks to a specific person or group
What is direct address?
A root word that means "light."
What is luc?
A type of fantasy that incorporates science or technology.
What is science fiction?
The main lesson, moral, or message of a fiction text
What is a theme?
An example is "This is the hardest test ever."
What is an example of a hyperbole?
A question not intended to be answered
What is a rhetorical question?
A root word that means "love."
What is phil?
A fictional story that set in a specific time period or event, but with fictional characters.
What is historical fiction?
A character struggles with their own thoughts, feelings, and decisions.
What is an internal conflict?
An example is "She had butterflies in her stomach."
What is an example of an idiom?
The author's opinion about a subject
What is the claim?
A root word that has to do with sight.
What is vid/vis?
Fairy tales, folk tales, myths, legends, and fables
What is traditional literature?
A character who opposes the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
An example is "He is as sly as a fox."
What is an example of a simile?
A author states that all people agree with an opinion or view point
What is sweeping generalization?
A root word that means speak/word/speech.
What is log/logue?
A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magic.
What is fantasy?
The turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
Literature that references something in history or another piece of literature.
What is an allusion?
An opinion that goes against the author's claim.
What is a counterclaim?