Root Words
The root meaning to hear.
What is aud?
This word means you correct your writing and make it stronger. Sometimes it takes multiple drafts.
What is revising?
This word means someone cannot read or write.
What is illiterate?
This is the end of the story.
What is the resolution?
This is when someone is puzzled or confused.
What is bewildered?
The root referring to self.
What is auto?
These are pieces of information that support the main idea or tell more about the main idea.
What are details?
What is teeming?
This is the background of the story. It provides context which includes setting and characters.
What is exposition?
This is when you are on time for an event.
What is punctual?
The root meaning water.
This is another word for a conclusion drawn based on evidence.
What is an inference?
This word means forcefully or energetically.
What is vigorously?
This is when a reader knows something that the characters in a story do not.
What is dramatic irony?
This is when something is said or done in an offhand or abrupt manner.
What is brusque?
The root meaning against.
What is anti?
This is your explanation or interpretation of a text.
What is commentary?
This is a severe shortage of food causing widespread starvation.
What is famine?
This is when something different than what is expected to happen happens.
Friendly and cheerful are synonyms for this.
What is genial?
The root meaning before.
What is ante?
This is when something turns out to be the exact opposite of what one would expect.
What is irony?
When something intends to weaken or destroy an institution, such as a government, we describe it as...
What is subversive?
This is when something is said that means something different than what is said. This is often done to create a certain tone or show attitude.
What is verbal irony?
This word means to reluctantly accept something without protest.
What is acquiesce?