Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
Terms to Know
Figurative Language
100
beginning of the word meaning "from"
What is ab?
100
end of a word meaning "small"
What is et or ette?
100
main part of a word meaning "good"
What is bene?
100
What is a type or category of literature?
What is genre?
100
Comparing two uncommon things, and saying that one thing "is" another
What is metaphor?
200
beginning of the word meaning "among" or "between"
What is inter?
200
End of a word that indicates the object of an action
What is ee?
200
Main part of a word meaning "around"
What is circum?
200
An account or a story related by a narrator (the teller of the story)
What is Narrative?
200
Comparing two uncommon things and using the terms "like" or "as" in the comparison.
What is simile?
300
beginning of a word meaning "bad"
What is mal?
300
End of a word meaning "inclined to"
What is ive?
300
Main part of a word meaning "water"
What is hydr?
300
First Person (I) Third person (He/She/It), omniscient (knowing all perspectives), limited omniscient (knowing some perspectives), objective (all perspectives are equal). These are all types of...
What is point of view?
300
The sound of a word that imitates its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Beginning of a word meaning "one"
What is uni?
400
End of a word meaning "state of"
What is ion?
400
Main part of a word meaning "know"
What is sci?
400
Writing that comes from the author's imagination
What is fiction?
400
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things?
What is Personification?
500
beginning of a word meaning "into" or "not"
What is in?
500
End of a word meaning "related to"
What is ian?
500
Main part of a word meaning "mind" or "soul"
What is psych?
500
A complete work that has not been condensed or shortened
What is unabridged?
500
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words occuring near one another
What is alliteration?