Figurative Language
A comparison using "like" or "as."
Simile
The person who tells the story.
Narrator
Words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
Nouns
The word part added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning.
Prefix
The teachers (are/is) happy.
Which verb is correct?
Are
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
Personification
The time and place where a story happens.
Setting
Words that show action or state of being.
Verbs
The word part added to the end of a base word to change its meaning or part of speech.
Suffix
The dog (run/runs) fast.
Which verb is correct?
Runs
A direct comparison that says one thing is another.
Metaphor
The sequence of events that make up the story.
Plot
Words that describe or modify nouns.
Adjectives
The base part of a word that carries the main meaning.
Root word
Everyone in the class (has/have) a pencil.
Which verb is correct?
Has
An extreme exaggeration used for effect.
Hyperbole
The character who works against the protagonist.
Antagonist
Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Coordinating Conjunctions
What's the root word in Unbelievable.
Believe
The flowers (smells/smell) nice.
Which verb is correct?
Smell
An expression whose meaning is different from its literal words (EX: "Break the ice").
Idiom
The central message, moral, or idea in a story.
Theme
A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence; used to avoid repeating the same noun over and over.
Pronoun
The prefix "dis-" in disagree means...
Not or opposite of
Neither John nor his friends (was/were) ready.
Which verb is correct?
Were