Root Words
This root word means "with" or "together".
What is con?
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
What's The Very Hungary Caterpillar?
This root words means "bad".
What is mal?
When the audience knows something that the characters don't know
What is dramatic irony?
"First of all, let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL, not a diary."
What's Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
This word means clumsy.
What is maladroit?
A person, a place, an object, or an action that stands for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
"Once there were four children whose names were Pete, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy."
What's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
This word means a coming together of people or things.
What is confluence?
A common story structure that has 12 stages including call to adventure and trials.
What is hero's journey?
"The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home."
What's The Wind in the Willows?
This word means in agreement or harmony.
When an image or idea appears over and over again in a text. It usually helps to convey a theme or mood.
What's a motif?
"'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."
What's Little Women?