Literary Elements
Making Connections
Genres of Literature
Word
Analysis
Frequently Used EOG Terms
100
What is to give an object human characteristics
Personification
100
What is to show how things are alike and different?
compare
100
What is the story of a person's life written by another person?
biography
100
What is a word part that is added to the beginning of a word?
prefix
100
What is to look closely at?
analyze
200
What is to use clues to gather information
inference
200
What is why something happens or what makes something happen?
cause
200
What is a story that has a moral or lesson?
fable
200
What is the name for add-ons to the end of words?
suffix
200
What is the aim or central point of the story?
theme
300
What is to reach a general conclusion?
generalization
300
What is something that someone thinks or feels about a situation?
opinion
300
What is a folk tale about people or events from history?
legend
300
What is the meaning of the word semicircle?
semi-circle
300
What is to tell what will happen in the story?
foreshadowing
400
What are words in a sentence to help you understand unfamiliar words?
context clues
400
What is the most important theme of the story or passage?
Main Idea
400
What is a make believe story that could actually happen?
realistic fiction
400
What does the suffix "er" mean in the word teacher?
One who
400
What is mental pictures, images. figurative language
imagery
500
What is to compare one thing to another without using the words like or as?
metaphor
500
What is the sequence of events in a story?
Plot
500
What is writing that often has rhythm and rhyme?
poetry
500
What is a word that gets its meaning from an older word?
derivative
500
What is state of mind/feeling in a story?
mood
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