Fiction
This part of the plot is at the beginning of the story where the setting and the characters are introduced
What is the exposition?
The Greek Root Word that means "Life"
What is "BIO"?
This compares two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This type of poem doesn't use rhythm or rhyme
What is blank verse or free verse?
The most basic part of a word that holds the core of the word's meaning
A universal idea that the author expresses throughout a story. Also, what the protagonist learns by the end of the story.
What is theme?
The meaning of the root word CHRON in chronology
What is "TIME"?
The compares two unrelated things using the word is or any versions of the verb "to be"
What is a metaphor?
This is a word that implies more than its literal meaning and often has a positive or negative association
What is connotation?
This shows up at the END of a word and changes its meaning
What is a suffix?
This is the main character of a story who champions a cause or works to resolve the conflict in a story
Who is a protagonist?
The Greek Root Word that means "Feeling/Suffering"
What is "PATH"?
This is the repeated use of the same letter sound at the start of the word
What is alliteration?
When one or more words match in sound
What is rhyme?
This appears at the FRONT of a root word and changes its meaning
What is a prefix
The perspective from which the story is told. It can be determined by examining the pronouns used by the narrator
What is "Point of View"
The Greek Root Word that means "self"
What is AUTO?
When inanimate or or other living things such as plants or animals are described or given human characteristics
What is personification?
When there is a pattern to the use of rhyming from line to line or stanza to stanza
What is rhyme scheme?
Most root words come from ancient Greek and ________
What is Latin?
This is the acronym used to remember the steps in creating a summary of a story
What is SWBST?
The Greek Root Word that means "fear"
What is "PHOB"
A poet's use of vivid language and description through the use of the five senses to enhance meaning
What is imagery?
A group of lines that compose the basic segment of a poem.
What is a stanza?
This is the smallest unit of a word that has meaning
What is a morpheme