Word Part
A letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it's used.
A. suffix
B. prefix
C. comma
Suffix
the person or voice telling the story
A. narrator
B. event
C. fact
A. narrator
A. supporting details
B. scientific evidence
C. key idea
B. scientific evidence
the exact words someone said or wrote
A. quotation
B. dialogue
C. audience
A. quotation
What is the events in a story that build tension and lead to the climax?
A. rising action
b. climax
c. falling action
A. rising action
the writer's main idea or argument
A. claim
B. audience
C. fact
A. claim
a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph
A. lines
B. stanza
C. narrator
B. stanza
instructions in a play that tell actors what to do or where to go
A. message
B. stage directions
C.act
B. stage directions
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
A. apostrophe
B. hyphen
C. Prefix
prefix
A. point of view
B. memoir
C. theme
C. theme
putting things in a way that makes sense
A. author's purpose
B. logical order
C. key idea
B. logical order
the main idea of an essay
A. opinion
B. figurative language
C. thesis
C. thesis
when the story goes back to an earlier time to show something important
A. falling action
B. foreshadow
C. flashback
C. Flashback
a claim or opinion supported by reasons and evidence
A. controlling idea
B. argument
C. message
B. argument
The voice talking in a poem or story
A. narrator
B. speaker
C. mood
B. speaker
the words characters say to each other
A. dialogue
B. theme
C. scene
A. dialogue
The basic part of a word that gives it its meaning.
A. comma
B. affix
C. root word
what the text is mostly about
A. tone
B. main idea
C. voice
B. main idea
the lesson the author wants to share
A. audience
B. character
C. message
C. message
the big idea that guides a piece of writing
A. narrator
B. message
C. controlling idea
C. controlling idea
A story told in the order events happen, from beginning to end
A. linear plot
B. non-linear plot
C. resolution
A. linear plot
the people the author writes for or speaks to
A. line
B. subheading
C. audience
C. Audience
a single row of words in a poem
A. line
B. sensory language
C. stanza
A. line
the person who writes a play
A. inference
B. playwright
C. opinion
B. playwright
A general term for any part (like a prefix or suffix) added to a word to change its meaning
A. prefix
B. root word
C. affix
affix
the perspective from which story is told
A. central idea
B. organizational pattern
C. point of view
C. point of view
the way a text is structured, like cause and effect or sequence
A. stanza
B. stage directions
C. organizational pattern
C. organizational pattern
a smaller title under the main title that tells what the text is about
A. subheading
B. main idea
C. article
A. subheading
a story told out of order, using flashbacks, or jumps in time
A. linear plot
B. non-linear plot
C. climax
B. non-linear plot
the most important point
A. key idea
B.article
C. quotation
A. key idea
a feeling or atmosphere a text creates for the reader
A. sensory language
B. mood
C. juxtaposition
B. mood
a part of a play, movie, or story that happens in one place and at one time
A. act
B. scene
C. message
B. scene
I need to carefully do my homework.
What is the last part of the word carefully called (-ly)?
A. prefix
B. suffix
C. hyphen
B. suffix
when something stands for or represents a bigger idea
A. reliable sources
B. symbolism
C. real experiences
B. symbolism
when something happens that is the opposite of what you expect
A. figurative language
B. fact
C. irony
C. irony
a piece of writing that gives information
A. subheading
B. main idea
C. article
C. article
Which of the following does this example show?
Maria stood at the front of the classroom, her hands shaking as she prepared to speak.
Suddenly, she remembered the last time she had to present. Her classmates had laughed when she forgot her words, and her face had turned bright red.
The memory faded, and Maria took a deep breath, determined to do better this time.
A. linear plot
B. non-linear plot
C. flashback
C. Flashback
the way a text is organized or put together
A. theme
B. structure
C. evidence
B. structure
words that describe how something looks, sounds, smells, feels
A. juxtaposition
B. sensory language
C. mood
B. sensory language
the time and place where a story happens
A. setting
B. plot
C. rising action
A. setting