Greek Root Words
The root bio means...
life
The root aud means...
to hear
What type of figurative language compares two unlike thing compares two unlike things using like or as?
Simile
This occurs when the author gives a hint of what is to come in the text.
Foreshadowing
This genre includes imagined or invented stories.
Fiction
The root chron means...
time
The root bene means...
good
What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to non-living things?
Personification
This occurs when two ideas are placed next to each other to reveal a contrast.
Juxtaposition
This genre includes facts and or real life events.
Non-Fiction
The root gram means...
writing
to carry
What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
Metaphor
This occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
This type or non-fiction literature tells about someones life.
Biography
The root logy means...
study/speech
The root rupt means...
to break
What type of figurative language references something without explicitly mentioning it?
Allusion
This is when two or more words have the same sound but different meanings.
Homophones
This genre uses language and sounds in stanza form to express ideas.
Poetry
The root scope means...
view
The root retro means...
backwards
What type of figurative language is used as an expression that means something different from its literal meaning?
Idiom
This is the main message of a story.
Theme
This genre is written as a play and includes dialogue and is told by a character.
Drama