poetry & figurative language
This is a comparison between two tings using like or as
What is a simile?
This prefix means life
What is bio
The main good character ("hero) in a story
a word that means the same as another word is known as this
What is a synonym?
Specific nouns, known as ______ nouns, should always be capitalized
(for ex., Target & Starbucks)
What is a "proper" noun?
This is a comparison that does NOT use like or as
What is a metaphor?
This root means to break
What is rupt?
The time and place in a story
What is the setting?
What part of speech is BRAINROT (brain rot?)?
What is a noun?
Which pronoun is always capitalized?
What is "I"
When an inanimate object shows human attributes (characteristics)
What is personification?
This root means to carry
What is port?
The problem in a story (every story has one!)
What is the conflict?
The hungry dog licked its chops. Name the adjective in this sentence.
What is hungry?
What is "she"
An extreme exaggeration, like "My backpack weighs a ton."
What is hyperbole?
This prefix means time
What is chron?
This is known as the turning point of a story
What is the climax?
What is an adverb?
In the sentence "The teacher spoke rapidly", what part of speech is rapidly?
What is an adverb?
This is is known as the emotional association with a word (and denotation is a word's definition)
What is CONNOTATION?
This word root means turn/change
What is vert(vers)
The end of a story is often known as this
What is RESOLUTION?
What does every predicate contain? (sentences have both a subject and a predicate)
What is a VERB?
This part of speech provides the action in a sentence
What is a verb?