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Parts of Speech
Plot Elements
Figurative Language
Roots
Roots
100
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun
100
The main problem in the story
What is conflict?
100
Comparison using “like” or “as”
What is a simile
100
heart
What is cardio
100
self
What is auto
200
An action word
What is a verb
200
Sets up the story – gives us time, place, background, and characters.
What is exposition or setting
200
Direct comparison between two things: "something is something else"
What is a metaphor
200
act, state, or condition
What is -ism
200
written
What is graph/gram
300
shows location or direction
What is a preposition
300
Highest point of action and emotion – the turning point
What is the climax
300
Making an object do human-like things
What is personification
300
sound
What is phon/phono
300
birth/produce
What is gen
400
describes NOUNS
What is an adjective
400
The main idea of the story – the moral lesson
What is theme
400
An object that represents an idea
What is a symbol
400
the study of something
What is -ology
400
to kill
What is -cide
500
describes VERBS or other adjectives
What is an adverb
500
The feeling and emotions of the story
What is mood
500
Words that represent sounds
What is onomatopoeia
500
woman/female
What is gyn
500
opposite, against
What is anti