Vocabulary
to show or prove to be right or reasonable
What is justify?
Feeling; or disease.
What is -path- ?
big point or most important idea of the story or article.
What is the central or main idea?
the beginning, middle, and end of important events. The story itself.
What is plot?
person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
expresses strong emotions. Followed by an exclamation point or a comma depending on the strength of emotion. Examples: Wow!, Yuck!, Yes!, Holy cow!
What is an interjection?
the Greek root for "life"
What is bio?
to measure
What is metric?
short work of nonfiction in which the writer states a position, or claim, and defends it with reasons and evidence–all in order to persuade readers to agree with their ideas.
What is an argumentative essay?
where and when the story takes place.
What is setting?
tells us more about a noun. Describes the noun. Examples: green, slow, five, stinky, tall, round.
What is an adjective?
a word that sounds like the sound it describes. (Pop!, meow, oink.)
What is an onomatopoeia?
the study of life
What is biology?
the study of
What is -ology?
short, nonfiction work that educates readers about a topic.
What is an informational article?
the main character in a literary work.
What is a protagonist?
replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his.
What is a pronoun?
the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning (usually consonants) of two or more neighboring words or syllables.
the Greek root for "star"
What is ast/aster/astro?
after, behind
What is post?
a message or life lesson from the story.
What is theme?
a character or force in conflict with the main character.
What is an antagonist?
words we use before nouns or pronouns to show their relationship with other words in the sentence. Example: behind (the tree), across (Maple Street)
What is a preposition?
a comparison between two unlike things; usually describing one thing being another (The city was an ocean of lights.
What is a metaphor?
before, in front of, in advance
to come before something else in time
What is precede?
the category of the writing (humor, science fiction, etc).
What is genre?
the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is third person limited point of view?
tells more about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, how many, when. Example: (He ate) slowly, (she ran) quickly, (we sang) loudly.
What is an adverb?
attributing human actions, emotions, or qualities to nonhuman things (The leaves danced in the wind.)
What is personification?
the use of any part of the body for identification purposes
What are biometrics?
the study of science which deals with celestial objects, stars, space, and the universe
What is astronomy?
point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself.
What is first person point of view?
words that show action or a state of being. One of these is required in a sentence.
What is a verb?
a comparison using like or as (My dog is as cute as a button.)
What is a simile?
knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
What is omniscient?
in a way that causes others to feel sadness or pity because of someone’s suffering
What is pathetically?
when the characters, setting, and situation are introduced
when the conflict’s intensity begins and develops
What is rising action?
an exaggeration (My list is a mile long) (I’m so full I could explode!)
to do something at a time or date after it was originally planned
What is postpone?
when the conflict gets the most intense
What is climax?
when the conflict’s intensity lessens
What is falling action?
when the conflict ends
What is resolution?