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Literary Elements
Lit Elements II
Genres
Word Parts
TAKS Terms
100
A common saying like "it's raining cats and dogs" or "his bark is worse than his bite".
What is an idiom?
100
A comparison of two things using the wordslike or as. ex. Melissa acts like a nut!
What is a simile?
100
A story that is made up or not true.
What is fiction?
100
A word part that comes at the beginning of a word and chages the words meaning.
What is a prefix?
100
To inform, persuade (influence), describe, or entertain.
What is author's purpose?
200
A comparison of 2 things that does NOT use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
A statement or idea about life that the author is trying to get across.
What is a theme?
200
A story that explains about the world, "gods", or how things came to be.
What is a myth?
200
The basic word part from which new words are built?
What is a root word?
200
To make an educated guess or to think.
What is inference or drawing conclusions?
300
When a character or writer thinks back to things that happened in the past.
What is a flashback?
300
The attitude of an author. It is generally expressed through what they say and the choice of words they use.
What is tone?
300
A story that is true, not made up.
What is nonfiction?
300
A word part that comes at the end of the word and changes the meaning of the word.
What is a suffix?
300
Retell or restate the main points of a story. You should use BME when answering these types of questions.
What is summary?
400
The use of an object to represent something else.
What is a symbol or symbolism? ex. A rose symbolizes love
400
A comparison of two things by defining their relationship to each other. ex. puppy is to dog as kitten is to cat
What is an analogy?
400
A story that is passed on from one generation to another.
What is a folktale?
400
A prefix that means "again".
What is "re-"?
400
A statement that tells what the story or paragraph is mostly about.
What is main idea?
500
Clues that are given in the story about what may happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
500
The overall feeling a reader gets from a story. Can be feelings such as happy, romantic, peaceful, frightening, etc.
What is mood?
500
A story that uses animals as characters and teaches a moral lesson.
What is a fable?
500
A suffix that means "full of".
What is "-ful"?
500
What someone thinks, feels, or believes.
What is an opinion?