Etymology
The most basic part of the word
What is root?
The author describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by writing about characteristics, features, and examples.
What is description?
Comparing two things USING like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
A struggle or clash between characters in a story
What is conflict?
The conversation between characters in a story
What is dialogue?
Added to the beginning of a word
What is the affix?
The author lists items or events in sequential or chronological order.
What is sequential or chronological?
Comparing two things NOT using like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a metaphor?
the point from which a writer tells a story
What is point of view?
The attitude a writer takes in a story
What is tone?
Added to the end of a word
What is the suffix?
The author explains how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different.
What is compare and contrast?
Giving a nonhuman thing human qualities.
What is personification?
The feeling the reader gets from a story.
When the poet makes the ending words sound alike
What is rhyme?
Word or phrase that means the same
What is synonym?
The author lists one or more causes or events and the resulting consequences or effects.
What is cause and effect?
Something that represents more than what it is
What is a symbol?
The moral or lesson of a story
What is theme?
The term refers to the words selected for use in any oral, written, or literary expression of an author
What is word choice?
What is the antonym?
The author states a problem and lists one or more possible solutions to the problem.
What is problem and solution?
A phrase or expression different from its literal meaning
What is an idiom?
To summarize the main events in the story
What is main idea?
The individual style in which a certain author writes his or her works
What is voice?