Parts of speech
Elements of novels
Sentence elements
Word Parts
Figurative Language
100

The subject of a sentence, direct object, indirect object or the object of a preposition.

Noun

100

The hero of the novel or story.

Protagonist

100

The answer to the question: Who or what is the sentence about?

Simple subject

100

The base of a word

Root

100

A group of words that do not mean what the words say, such as - She is driving me crazy

Idiom

200

The type of word that transfers its action to a direct object.

Transitive verb

200

The message or purpose of a novel or story.

Theme

200

The main action done by the subject of the sentence. These can contain multiple words.

Simple predicate

200

A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word that will change the word's structure and meaning. Sometimes, this could even change the word's part of speech classification.

Affix

200

A figure of speech using either like or as involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid  

Simile

300

Words used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. 

Conjunction

300

The solution to the problem in a novel.

Resoultion.

300

A group of words that work together in a sentence that do not have a subject or predicate.

A phrase

300

A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word

Prefix

300

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Hyperbole

400

Words that take the place of nouns that can be the subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.

Pronouns

400

The action that continues to move the story forward.

Rising action.

400

A section of a sentence that must contain a subject and predicate.

Clause

400

A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word

Suffix

400

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, for instance: Her dress was a waterfall of shimmering colors.

Metaphor

500

Words that describe nouns.

Adjectives

500

The most intense, exciting, or important point of a story or novel. 

Climax

500

A group of words that make sense on their own containing one subject and one predicate.

A simple sentence or independent clause.

500

A meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided

morpheme

500

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Onomatopoeia

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