Figurative Language
Potpourri
Plot
Resources
Word parts
100
Repetition of initial sounds "Polly picked up pots and pans".
What is alliteration?
100
The message or statement about life in the story.
What is theme?
100
The final unraveling or solution of the plot.
What is resolution?
100
Book of synonyms
What is thesaurus?
100
antisocial
What is prefix meaning against?
200
comparison using "like" or "as". "Her hair was as black as coal. Her hair was like black coal"
What is simile?
200
A problem or struggle within a character.
What is internal conflict?
200
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
What is climax?
200
An alphabetical collection of many topics.
What is encyclopedia?
200
preview
What is prefix meaning before?
300
Extreme exaggeration. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole?
300
A struggle between a character and an outside force.
What is external conflict?
300
Characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
300
A list in the back of a book with definitions of difficult words
What is glossary?
300
craziest
What is suffix meaning the most?
400
Words that imitate sounds "bang, achoo, tick-tock"
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
What is imagery?
400
Where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
400
A list of different topics that can be found in a book and page numbers where to find them.
What is index?
400
postwar
What is prefix meaning after?
500
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
500
A comparison between things that are alike in some ways; calf:cow::kitten:cat
What is analogy?
500
The message or statement about life in the story.
What is theme or moral?
500
A collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer
What is database?
500
biology
What is root meaning life?
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