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Affixes
Word Meanings
Elements of Literature
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
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A word part added to the beginning of a root word that changes the meaning of a root word.
What is a prefix?
100
These are words that have similar meanings.
What are synonyms?
100
The problem in a story.
What is conflict?
100
Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas by giving them human characteristics.
What is personification?
100
The message of a story.
What is theme?
200
A word part that is added to the end of a root word that changes the meaning of the root word.
What is suffix?
200
These are words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
200
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
200
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
200
The perspective from which a story is told. (first person, third person)
What is point of view?
300
What is the prefix in the word "rearrange?"
What is re-?
300
Jane was "wistful," or sad, that her best friend moved away. Wistful means: sad, glad, or happy?
What is sad?
300
The beginning of a story where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
300
The comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.
What is metaphor?
300
When something happens that is the opposite of what you expect to happen.
What is irony?
400
What is the suffix in the word unforgettable?
What is -able?
400
Which "their, there, they're" means a place?
What is there?
400
The point in a story at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and is then resolved.
What is climax?
400
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect. Example: I almost died of boredom.
What is hyperbole?
400
Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
What is the prefix in the word "international?"
What is inter-?
500
Some think that rules are unimportant, but they are "vital" when playing a game. The word vital means: important, useful, or used?
What is important?
500
The way an author reveals a character's personality (using the character's thoughts, beliefs, words, and actions)
What is characterization?
500
This is when two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound. Ex: Fred's frozen french fries.
What is alliteration?
500
When an object, event, animal, or person is itself, but also has another meaning as well. Example: The American flag is really a piece of fabric with stars and stripes on it, but it represents the United States and ideals like freedom, patriotism, and pride.
What is symbol/symbolism?