Parts of Speech
An action word in a sentence.
What is a verb?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
The message that the author wants the reader to take away from the story
What is the theme?
The person or animal that takes part in the action of the story
What is a character?
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word
What is an antonym?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
The time and place in which a story occurs
What is the setting?
The most exciting part of the story, where the problem is solved
What is the climax?
A meaningful word part that cannot stand alone in a sentence without a prefix or a suffix
What is a root word?
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
What is personification?
The perspective in which the story is told from. Either the author of the story is a character in the story or is outside of the story observing
What is point of view?
The struggle between forces in a story. Can be character vs. nature, character vs. society, character vs. character, or character vs. self
The smallest unit of meaning in a word
What is a morpheme?
A word that shows relative location or relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence.
Ex: between, behind, below, above
What is a preposition?
When two things are so closely related that you say one thing IS another
What is a metaphor?
The sequence of events in the story
What is plot?
The events that happen in the story after the climax that lead to the ending
What is the falling action?
& a root that means bad
What are bene- and mal-?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, and often ends in -ly.
What is an adverb?
An expression that has a figurative meaning based on cultural or historical reference.
What is an idiom?
The character who opposes the protagonist.
This part of the plot introduces the characters, setting, and any prior knowledge the reader needs to understand the story before it begins.
What is the exposition?
A word that can stand alone in a sentence without a prefix or a suffix
What is a base word?