Literary Terms
Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
Root/Prefixes
Essay Terminology
100
People who appear in the story.
What is character?
100
This root means away from/off
What is AB?
100
Person, place, thing, idea.
What is a noun?
100
Means away from; off.
What is AB?
100
Name of your essay.
What is a title?
200
Narrator is a character in the story and uses I and me.
What is first person point of view?
200
This root means abnormal?
What is DYS?
200
A word that expresses emotion or exclamation.
What is an interjection?
200
Means between, within.
What is INTRA?
200
Informs readers of what you will talk about in your essay.
What is a focus statement?
300
Type of irony in which the opposite of what is expected happens.
What is situational irony?
300
This prefix means again.
What is RE.
300
A word that expresses action or state of being.
What is a verb?
300
Means fields, soil.
What is AGRI?
300
First sentence of a body paragraph; tells what the paragraph will be about.
What is topic sentence?
400
Descriptions in the story that appeal to the five senses.
What is imagery?
400
This root means two.
What is DI?
400
A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
What is a preposition?
400
Means shape, form.
What is MORPH?
400
Restates your original opinion in an essay.
What is a modified thesis statement?
500
References made to history, art, or other literature in a story.
What is an allusion?
500
This root means all, every.
What is OMNI?
500
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb by making its meaning more specific.
What is an adverb?
500
Means all, every.
What is OMNI?
500
The way that you address your audience in an essay; word choice affects this.
What is tone?
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