Fiction Vocab
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Root Words
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What word goes with the definition?
To expand an idea, plot, and/or on character traits.
Develop
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What word goes with the definition?
A favorable position; A position one can benefit from.
Advantage
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What phrase goes with the definition?
To make meaning by using clues and details from the story.
Draw a Conclusion
100
What is a comparison using the words like or as?
Simile
100
What is the meaning of the root word Script/Scrib?
To Write
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What is the word for the author's attitude or feelings towards a character or subject?
Tone
200
What word goes with the definition?
An unfavorable position; having a less than equal position.
Disadvantage
200
What word goes with the definition?
To add value to, to play a part in making something happen.
Contribute
200
What is a series of lines grouped together to divide a poem called?
Stanza
200
What is the meaning of the root word Mis/Mit?
To send
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What is the difference between inference and prediction?
Inference- guess based on background knowledge and text evidence
Prediction- guess what will happen next for a character or story
300
What text feature is this?
300
What word goes with the definition?
To show or make known.
Reveals
300
What are the two NONLINEAR elements?
Flashback and Foreshadow
300
What is the meaning of the root word Bene?
Well
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What is an inciting incident?
The first sign of a problem in the story.
400
What is the definition of summary?
Telling the main events in your own words, going from beginning, middle, and end.
400
What word goes with the definition?
To communicate an idea; to make something known.
Convey
400
What are other words that main idea can be called?
Key Idea, Central Idea, Controlling Idea
400
What is the meaning of the root word Jur/Jus?
Justice or Law
500
What is the difference between Third Person Limited and Third Person Omniscient?
Third Person Limited: The reader only knows what one character is thinking or feeling.
Third Person Omniscient: The reader knows what ALL characters are thinking and feeling.
500
What is the difference between an Autobiography and a Biography?
Autobiography: When a person writes a text or story about themselves
Biography: A text written about someone by another person
500
What word goes with the definition?
A passage or part of a book or story.
Excerpt
500
What figurative language term means two opposite words put together for an effect?
ex. giant shrimp
Oxymoron
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What is the meaning of the root word Vac?
To empty