RESEARCH AND REFERENCES
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
STORY ELEMENTS
GREEK ROOTS
LATIN ROOTS
100
Tells you what a word means, how to pronounce it, and what part of speech it is. It may also tell you where the word comes from.
What is dictionary?
100
Comparisons that use like or as: Deigo swims like a dolphin.
What is simile(s)?
100
The moral of the story (love, friendship, growing up, etc)
What is theme?
100
lingu means to, close; tongue, language; water
What is tongue, language?
100
quadr - means four; born, birth; a place for
What is four?
200
A specialized dicitonary that usually appears at the end of a book. It defines the important words or terms used in that book.
What is a glossary?
200
Comparisons that do not use like or as (use is or are): Diego is a dolphin in the water.
What is metaphor?
200
Who tells the story?
What is narrator?
200
uni-means thoroughly, through, wrong; one; tongue, language
What is one?
200
ann - means to proclaim, to speak, speech; to yield, to go; year
What is year?
300
Groups of words with related meanings - synonyms ; words with the opposite meaning -antonyms. Where would you find these words?
What is thesaurus?
300
Treats a thing or animal as a person: "The water welcomed Diego back."
What is personification?
300
Everyone who is part of the story?
What are characters?
300
post- means behind, after; without, not; a place for
What is behind, after?
300
junct- means root; without, not; to join
What is join?
400
A collection of maps
What is atlas?
400
A huge exaggeration. It can't be mistaken for the truth. "Diego swims a million laps in the pool every morning."
What is hyperbole?
400
Where and when the story happens.
What is setting?
400
milli- means middle; letter; thousandth
What is thousandth?
400
ig- means without, not; beyond, outside; sun
What is without, not?
500
A yearly book of useful facts (quick facts) and statistics.
What is almanac?
500
Uses a word that sounds like what it is: Bees buzz and snakes hiss all around us.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The entire sequence of events that happens in the story. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
What is plot?
500
tract - means feet, foot; moon; pull, draw
What is pull, draw?
500
sept- means years; seven; burst, to break
What is seven
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