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suffix
What is a word part added to the end of a word?
100
prefix
What is a word part added to the beginning of a word?
100
synonym
What is a word that means the same as another word?
100
antonym
What is a word that means the opposite of another word?
100
idiom
What is a phrase that cannot be understood from the meaning of the separate words in it?
200
adage
What is a saying that has been used for a long time?
200
homophone
What is a word that sounds the same but has a different spelling and meaning?
200
realistic fiction
What is a type of story that tells an invented story that could have happened in real life?
200
inference
What is a thinking process that uses clues from the author and what I know?
200
character
What is a person or animal in a story?
300
setting
What is the where and when of a story?
300
summarize
What is a restatement, in your own words, of the most important ideas in a passage or text?
300
problem
What is a conflict for the main character that needs to be solved?
300
solution/resolution
What is the way the main character solves the problem?
300
expository text
What is the name of the text that presents facts and information about real people, places, and events in magazine articles or newspapers?
400
main idea
What is the most important point an author makes about a topic?
400
detail
What are sentences that give information about the main idea?
400
text structure
What is the way authors organize text such as sequence, description, and cause and effect?
400
genre
What is the type/style of story?
400
author's purpose
What is reason for writing such as to inform, persuade, or entertain?
500
plot
What is the pattern a narrative follows?
500
exposition
What is the beginning part of the narrative that introduces the characters, setting, and conflict?
500
climax
What is the crucial part of the narrative that the rising action leads to?
500
falling action
What is the part of a narrative that describes the events that occur after the climax?
500
resolution
What is the part of a narrative that wraps up the loose ends of the story?