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Literary Terms
Plot Structure
Author's Purpose
Root Words
Affixes
100

What is the literary term that is associated with making a sound?

Onomatopoeia 
100

What would the “peak” of the story be called?

Climax

100

A story meant to amuse the reader.

Entertain

100

What does the root "struct" mean?

a. to build

b. to scrape

c. to work

d. to peel

A. to build

100

What does the prefix "con" mean?

with, together

200

The perspective that a story is written from.

Point of View

200

The end of the story, it’s where all the questions are answered and all loose ends of the story are tied up, what structure would this be?

Resolution

200

A Story that is meant to tell the reader something they may not know.

Inform

200

What does the root "vis" mean?

A. to hear

B. to paint

C. to see

D. to build

C. to see

200

What does the prefix "de" mean?

away, down

300

What term uses symbols to represent ideas or qualities?

Symbolism

300

What is a struggle or clash of interest, opinion, or principles? Is known as a disagreement or an argument.

Conflict

300

A story that is meant to make the reader think, do, or believe a different way.

Persuade

300

What does the root "aud" mean?

A. to build

B. to see

C. to hear

D. to draw

C. to hear

300
The word "infrastructure" has a prefix "infra" and a root word "struct". What does infrastructure mean?

A.  the act of putting back together

B. to form by putting together parts

C. the underlying framework of a system

D. an obstacle or something put up against something else

C. the underlying framework of a system

400

This point of view uses peoples' names, the words he, she, and they, and the reader knows the thoughts and feelings of only a few characters.

3rd person limited

400

The event that takes place to get the story moving.

initiating event

400

Which author´s purpose are textbooks, guidebooks, journal articles, and news articles?

Inform

400

What does the root "tract" mean?

to drag, draw out, pull

400

What does the word "retract" mean?

to draw or pull back

500

Writing that is based on real people or events.

Nonfiction

500

The events that build into the climax of the story.

rising action

500

Which author´s purpose is the ¨I Have a Dream” Speech?

Persuade

500

What do the roots "mob/mot/mov" mean?

to move

500
The prefix "dis" means apart or opposite of. The root "cern" means to distinguish.


What does the word "discernable" mean?

distinguishable; able to tell apart