Greek & Latin Roots
Poetry terms
More poetry terms
Literary Terms
Potpouri
100
A root that means life.
What is bio?
100
A figure of speech that gives human traits to no-human objects or animals.
What is personification?
100
A figure of speech which compares 2 unlike things to create an image.
What is a simile?
100
What the story is about, the story line
What is plot?
100
to persuade, inform or explain, to tell a story, to entertain
What are author's purposes?
200
A root that means time.
What is chron?
200
My brother exploded when I woke him up early.
What is hyperbole?
200
This is descriptive text that creates an image in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
200
The most exciting point in the story - we have an idea of how the conflict will be resolved
What is climax?
200
mystery, science fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, historical fiction
What are types of fiction?
300
A root that means say or tell.
What is dict?
300
A tongue twister uses this.
What is alliteration?
300
These are words that sound like what they are.
What is onomatopeia?
300
The techniques an author uses to develop characters in a story
What is characterization?
300
means same name - words with similiar meaning
What is a synonym?
400
A root that means see.
What is vis or vid?
400
This is sections of a poem like prose uses paragraphs.
What is a stanza?
400
The pattern of accented and unaccented syllables
What is meter?
400
A technique that a word or phrase or situation has the opposite meaning as expected. Example - There is an epidemic in a health clinic.
What is irony?
400
To find differences in something
What is contrast?
500
Knowing roots will help you understand the meaning of unknown words containing these roots.
What is the reason for learning Greek & Latin roots?
500
The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the word
What is consonance?
500
Something that does not mean the same thing as the literal meaning.
What is figurative language?
500
A narrator from outside the story who knows all the characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
500
To take notes in the margins or on a piece of writing
What is to annotate?
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