Word Parts
A general term for any part added to a word to change its meaning.
What is an affix?
When a story goes back to an earlier time to show something important.
What is a flashback?
The voice talking in a poem or story.
What is the speaker?
The words characters say to each other in a play.
What is dialogue?
Giving credit to where you found information.
What is a citation?
A claim or opinion supported by reasons and evidence.
What is an argument?
A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
What is a suffix?
Events in a story that build tension and lead to the climax.
What is rising action?
Words that describe how something looks, sounds, smells, or feels.
What is imagery?
Instructions in a play telling actors what to do.
What are stage directions?
The most important message in a text.
What is the main idea?
The writer’s argument.
What is a claim?
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
When something happens that is the opposite of what you expect.
What is irony?
A group of lines in a poem like a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
The person who writes a play.
What is a playwright?
Facts or proof based on science or observation.
What is evidence?
The big idea that guides a piece of writing.
What is a theme?
The basic part of a word that gives it its main meaning.
What is a root word?
A character who is very different from another to highlight their traits.
What is a foil?
A single row of words in a poem.
What is a line?
A part of a play that happens in one place and time.
What is a scene?
The people the writer wants to reach.
What is the audience?
The exact words someone said or wrote.
What is a quotation?
A word made by joining two smaller words together.
What is a compound word?
A story told out of order using jumps in time or flashbacks.
What is nonlinear plot?
A comparison showing how two things are similar.
What is a simile?
A speech where a character talks to themselves to share thoughts with the audience.
What is a soliloquy?
A type of writing that provides information about a topic.
What is an informational text?
The way a text is organized or put together.
What is text structure?