Greek & Latin Roots
The meaning of the root, "to hear".
What is aud?
When a poem or story is told from the main character's thoughts and feelings and uses the pronouns, "I", "Me", and "My".
What is first person?
A sequence of events that happen within a story.
What is plot?
I have way (To, Too, Two) much homework this week.
What is too?
What is personification?
The meaning of the root, "bio"
What is life?
When a poem or story is told from an outside perspective.
What is third person?
The problem of the story.
What is the inciting event?
What is to?
A direct comparison of two different things using the words, "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The meaning of the root, "light".
What is photo?
When a story or poem uses the words, you, your, or yours.
What is second person?
The introduction to the story's characters, setting, and conflict.
What is the exposition?
Please put your books down over (Their, There, They're).
What is there?
Words that imitate a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the study of?
The narrator is not involved in the action of the story. Like a fly on the wall, they might report characters' actions, words, and expressions, yet the narrator cannot tell the reader exactly what any one character is thinking or feeling.
What is third person objective?
The events that lead to the climax.
What is the rising action?
(Their, There, They're) going to be late for class since they woke up late for school.
What is they're?
The repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
What is beyond?
narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing. While the narration outside of any one character, the narrator may occasionally access the consciousness of a few or many different characters.
What is third person omniscient?
What is the falling action?
(Their, There, They're) coming over to pick up (Their, There, They're) clothes from our sleepover last night.
What is they're and their?
What is a metaphor?