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Parts of A Book
Genres
Literary Terms
Vocabulary Strategies
Characeterization And Point of View
100
index
What is an alphabetical list of topics, people, or titles, giving the location of where they are mentioned in a text?
100
nonfiction
What is (Library Science & Bibliography) writing dealing with facts and events rather than imaginative narration?
100
simile
What is a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')?
100
dontation
What is the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience. Compare connotation?
100
protagonist
What is the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?
200
table of contents
What is a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start?
200
fiction
What is (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) literary works invented by the imagination, such as novels or short stories and invented story or explanation; lie?
200
metaphor
What is a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity?
200
connotation
What is an act or instance of connoting?
200
antagonist
What is a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary?
300
glossary
What is a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start?
300
fable
What is a usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans?
300
plot
What is the subject matter of a conversation or discussion?
300
prefixes/suffixes
What is an affix placed before a base or another prefix, as un- in unkind, un- and re- in unrewarding? an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly?
300
round character
What is a round character is realistic character in a novel, television show, stage play, etc?
400
title page
What is a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher?
400
fantasy
What is imagination unrestricted by reality?
400
author's purpose
What is the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively?
400
root words
What is a part of the word to which everything else is attached. Becoming familiar with common root words and their meanings will help you understand a number of other words based on those roots, even if you've never seen the word before?
400
flat character
What is a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story?
500
Story Elements
What is the forming of words with letters in an accepted order; orthography?
500
biography
What is an account of the series of events making up a person's life?
500
idioms
What is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements?
500
synonyms
What is a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad?
500
dynamic character
What is a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude?