Vocabulary
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
The main idea or lesson of a story.
What is the theme?
Language that means exactly what it says.
What is literal language?
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
Comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
A word with the same or similar meaning as another word.
What is a synonym?
The person who tells the story.
Who is the narrator?
Language that goes beyond the exact meaning of words.
What is figurative language?
A character who opposes the main character.
What is the antagonist?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
Using clues in a sentence to figure out a word’s meaning.
What are context clues?
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
“It’s raining cats and dogs” is an example of this.
What is an idiom?
The series of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
An exaggeration used for effect.
What is a hyperbole?
A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling.
What is a homophone?
A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
A direct comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
Words that imitate sounds, like “buzz” or “bang.”
What is onomatopoeia?
The feeling or emotion a word creates in the reader.
What is connotation?
The most exciting part of the story.
What is climax?
An object, person, or event that represents a bigger idea or meaning.
The events that happen after the climax, leading to the story’s ending.
What is the falling action?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a phrase, like “Peter Piper picked.”
What is alliteration?