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Terms/Definitions
Narrative Elements
Non-Fiction Text Structures
Roots/Affixes/Vocabulary
Poetry
100
a prefix/suffix--anything added on to the beginning or end of a word
What is affix
100
the turning point of a story that precedes the "falling action" is called
What is the climax
100
the signal phrase "on the other hand" would most likely be found in what type of text structure
What is compare/contrast
100
the suffix --ed indicates ___________
What is past tense for a verb
100
A figurative language device in which sounds are spelled out as words
What is onomatopoeia
200
When the opposite of what is expected happens or if the audience knows something that characters don't (as in a play), it is called
What is irony
200
the type of narration/point of view where the narrator is a character in the story is called
What is first person
200
The signal phrase "as a result" would mostly likely be found in what type of text structure?
What is cause/effect
200
the suffix "ad" at the beginning of a word means ___________
What is to, toward, near (such as adhesive, adjacent)
200
The difference between a simile and a metaphor is...
What is a simile is a comparison that includes "like" or "as," but a metaphor does not use those words
300
the emotion or feeling often associated with particular words
What is connotation
300
the central idea or message that an author is trying to communicate through a story (usually general/broad enough to apply to many different stories
What is theme
300
The type of text structure that explains events in the order that they occurred is which type of text structure?
What is chronological order
300
The root mal means
What is bad/wrong
300
"The city sighed as the moon smiled down over it" is an example of ______________
What is Personification
400
using clues from the text along with knowledge from personal experience to determine what an author is implying is called
What is making an inference
400
the type of point of view/narration where the narrator is not a character in the story but does know all of the characters thoughts/feelings
What is 3rd person omniscient
400
The type of text structure whose purpose is to explain a concept or idea is __________-
What is concept/definition
400
the root matri has to do with ___________
What is mothers, motherhood
400
The type of poem that contains 5 lines and a rhyme scheme of AABBA
What is Limerick
500
the literal definition of a word
What is denotation
500
the first thing that happens in a story/novel that gets the plot going (first "domino" of a domino-effect series of events
What is the initiating event
500
The type of text structure that lists things--in no particular order and not necessarily in bullet/list form--is called _______
What is enumeration
500
the root litho has to do with ______
What is stone/rock
500
Repetition of an internal vowel sound
What is assonance