Language Arts Terms
Root Words
Writing Terms
What's the Plot?
Propaganda
100
the person telling the story
What is the narrator?
100
its root is 'ann/enn' as in annual, anniversary, millennium, biennial
What is year?
100
words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings
What are homophones/homonyms?
100
the most suspenseful part of the story
What is the climax?
100
an attack on a person instead of an issue
What is name-calling?
200
the angle from which a story is told a phrase or sentence that has been overused
What is point of view?
200
its root is 'cred' as in credit, incredible, credential, discredit
What is believe?
200
words that have the same meaning
What are synonyms?
200
the series of events or situations related to a central conflict, or struggle in a story
What is plot?
200
tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader’s emotions instead of to logic or reason
What is emotional appeal?
300
a little story used to make a point
What is an anecdote?
300
its root is 'phon' as in telephone, phonograph, phonics, phonetic
What is sound?
300
words that mean the opposite
What are antonyms?
300
point where the central conflict ends
What is the resolution?
300
an appeal that tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular of because “everyone” is doing it
What is bandwagon?
400
the intended meaning is the opposite of what is shown or expected
What is irony?
400
its root is 'card/cord' as in cardiac, cardiology, accord, discord, cordial
What is heart?
400
written conversation between two people
What is dialogue?
400
introduction of the setting and characters
What is the exposition?
400
an attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument
What is red herring?
500
a phrase or word that has been overused
What is a cliche?
500
its meaning is 'lab' as is collaborate, elaborate, laboratory
What is work?
500
the sentence that contains the main idea of a paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
500
any final material that finishes the story
What is denoument?
500
attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea (for instance, the celebrity endorsement)
What is a testimonial?
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