Literary Terms
Literary Terms 2
Synonyms and Antonyms
Vocabulary
Phonics
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The most important idea of a story.
What is the main idea?
100
Where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
A synonym for the word "prized"
What is valued, treasured, or favored?
100
The word "tattered" means this.
What is messy, dirty, or torn?
100
A word ending in -tion is what part of speech?
Noun
200
Important facts or parts of a story to support the main idea.
What are supporting details?
200
The people or important animals in a story
Who are characters?
200
A synonym for "completed"
What is done, finished, or terminated?
200
The word desperate means this.
What is eager?
200
How does the suffix -est change a word?
It becomes a superlative (the most of something).
300
A short description of the most important parts of a story
What is a summary?
300
When several words in one sentence start with the same letter.
What is alliteration?
300
An antonym for remarkable
What is boring, plain, or invisible?
300
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
300
How does the prefix -un change a word?
It makes the word take on the opposite meaning.
400
A type of story that could happen in real life, but did not.
What is realistic fiction?
400
Theme
What is the underlying message of a story?
400
An antonym for "mend"
What is break, destroy, or ruin?
400
This part of speech describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
400
A word with the root "bio" will have to do with this subject.
What is life?
500
An inference
What is an educated guess based on text support and background knowledge?
500
Tone
What is the author's attitude?
500
An antonym for ignorant
What is smart, clever, or knowledgeable?
500
The word plausible means this.
Possible.
500
How does the suffix -ly change the meaning of a word?
It changes the word from an adjective to an adverb.
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