What's the Word
A time of danger or an important decision; a turning point
crisis
Literal
The exact or factual meaning of words
Nonfiction is to essay as story is to _________
fiction
What root does the word acronym have and what does the root mean?
It has the root "nym" and the root means name.
The story of a person's life written by someone else
biography
Very clever or intelligent
brilliant
Folklore
The stories, songs, and practices handed down among a people.
Literal is to actual as imaginative is to ___________
figurative
What root does the word bibliography have? What does the root mean?
It has the root "graph" and the root means to write.
Calligraphy
A made up name used by an author.
pseudonym
Idiom
An expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the usual meanings of the words in it.
Scene is to play as word is to _________
syllable
What root does the word literate have? What does the root mean?
It has the root "litera" and it means letter.
Periodical is to magazine as myth is to ________
genre
The act of describing in words
depiction
Document
a written or printed paper that gives information, especially official or legal information
Sofa is to couch as passage is to _______
excerpt
What root does the word Homonym have? What does the root mean?
It has the root "nym" and the root means name.
What root does the word anonymous have? What does the root mean?
It has the root "nym" and the root means name.
A different variation of something
version
Sophisticated
Experienced, knowledgable, worldly
Perform is to actor as author is to _________
publish
What root does the word alliteration have? What does the root mean?
It has the root "litera" and the root means letter.
Esteemed
well respected