Word Parts
a word, letter, or number placed before another
What is prefix.
a point of view in storytelling or a way of speaking that uses pronouns like "I", "me", "my", and "myself" to refer to the speaker or writer
What is 1st Person?
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
a person, place, thing, or idea
What is noun?
the final part of a story where the central conflict is resolved, tying up loose ends and providing closure to the narrative
What is resolution?
the core of a word that provides its primary meaning and cannot be broken down into smaller words or parts
What is a root word?
a narrative point of view where the narrator is all-knowing and can see into the thoughts, feelings, and memories of every character
What is 3rd Person Omniscient?
a comparison saying something is something else without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
What is verb?
the struggle that the protagonist goes through in a story
What is conflict?
a vowel, usually "o", that is used to connect two word roots or a word root and a suffix in medical terminology
What is a combining vowel?
a grammatical point of view that uses pronouns like "you", "your", and "yours" to address the person or people being spoken to
What is 2nd Person?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
a word or phrase that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
What is adjective?
the turning point where the conflict is resolved
What is climax?
a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative
What is a suffix?
a point of view in which the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, and describes other characters using pronouns
What is 3rd Person Limited?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
a word or expression that modifies another word or phrase, usually to describe how, when, where, or to what extent something happens
What is adverb?
the section of plot that begins with a conflict and is concerned with the main character's struggle to overcome that conflict
What is rising action?
the indivisible basic units of language added at the ending of a word
What is a morpheme?
a narrative style where the narrator is neutral and detached, and only reports events without sharing the characters' thoughts or feelings
What is 3rd Person Objective?
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
What is irony?
a word or group of words that can replace a noun or noun phrase in a sentence
What is pronoun?
the part that introduces the setting, characters, and plot, and sometimes the initial dramatic question
What is exposition?