Genres of Lit
Analysis f Lit
Poetry Language
Types of Words
Author's Techniques
100
Inference
What word means a conclusion based on evidence about something that is not explicitly stated?
100
Affix
What word means a word element added to the beginning [prefix] or the end [suffix]?
100
Analogy
What word means a comparison of two things that are similar in some way
100
Character
What word a person, animal,or imaginary creature in literary work?
100
Autobiography
What word means a history of a person's life written by that person?
200
Fable
What word means a story meant to teach a useful lesson that often has animal that speak and act like human
200
Base Word
What word means a word that stands on its own after all prefix and suffix have been removed?
200
Hyperbole
What word means figurative in which exaggeration is used for heightened or comic effect?
200
Cause and Effect
What word a way of organizing text that emphasizes the relationships between two or more events?
200
Digraph
What word means pairs of letters that can occur in plain text language?
300
Generalization
What word means reasoning detailed facts to broad principles?
300
Antonym
What word means a word that means the opposite of another word?
300
Homophone
What word means a word which is pronounced identically with another word, but is spelled differently and has a different meaning?
300
Compound Word
What word means a word made from combining words?
300
Descriptive Writing
What word writing to describe something?
400
Genre
What word mens a category of text having a particular form?
400
Alliteration
What word means repetition of an initial consonant sound across syllables or words?
400
Metaphor
What word means a figure of speech in which one things is compared with another, sometimes is an unusual way?
400
Expository Writing
What word the writer gives information?
400
Falling Action
What word means the series of events that takes place after the climax?
500
Graphic Organizer
What word means a visual method of organizing information,such as a content map,outline?
500
Character Motivation
What word means that which causes a character to behave?
500
Irony
What word means a contrast between what is expected and what actually exist or happens?
500
Comparison and Contrast
What word a way of organizing text that emphasizes the similarities and differences of two or more things?
500
Chronological Order
What word means a way of organizing text that emphasizes the order in which things happen?
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