the types of relationships between pairs of words: Example: NEAR is to DISTANT as HIDDEN is to EXPOSED
Suspense
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
infer/inference
to make an educated guessusing prior knowledge andtextual evidence
cause
an event that leads something else to happen
summary (non-fiction)
a brief statement of the main idea and details
idiom
a common expression where the figurative meaning is different than literal expression
figurative word meanings
words or phrases that expresses ideas in creative, unusual, or unexpected ways
symbol
something that stands for or represents something else
pun
a play on words
metaphor
comparison withoutusing like or as
root
a word part that contains the core meaning of the word: Ex. the root "form" means "shape, form"
simile
comparisonusing like or as
biography
a story of a person's life written by someone else
foreshadow
the use of clues tosuggest events that willhappen later in the plot
allusion
a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize
narrator
the person who istelling the story, thespeaker
origin
a beginning
third person omniscient point of view
told by an all-knowingnarrator from outside thestory who reveals what everycharacter thinks and feels
phrase
a group of words that may contain a subject or a verb or neither; never will contain both
drawing conclusion
will ask you what you can conclude about something meaning to decide
sensory language
words that appeal to your senses (sounds, sights, tastes, touch, smells)
opinion
a statement that cannot be proven
verbal irony
the use of words to express something that is the opposite to the literal meaning
denotation
the dictionary definition of the word
antagonist
the person or thing that the main character struggles with
point of view
the perspective from which a story is told
summary (fiction)
a brief statement of the main events of a story
chronological/order
a structure that tells about events in a time order or steps
informational/explanatory writing
writing that gives information or explains a topic
fact
a true statement that can be proven
convey
to communicate or express
author's purpose
the reason the author hasfor writing (persuade,inform, entertain)
message
what the author wants you to know
conflict
a struggle between opposing forces
problem
the conflict in the story
genre
a division or type ofliterature (categoriesfor books)
onomatopoiea
the use of wordsto imitate sound
category
a collection of things or ideas that have characteristics in common
theme
the message, lesson, or moral of the story
interaction
the direct effects the factors had on one another
character
the people, animals, or objects that are in the story (only talking animals and objects)
effect
what happens after an event
chonological/sequential
when something is written in time order
hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
personification
giving humanqualities tonon-human things
connotation
the feelings words evoke
solution
how the problem is solved
protagonist
the main character
rhyme
the repetition of sounds at the end of words
setting
when and where the story takes place
problem and solution text structure
a structure that details a problem and a proposed solution
dialogue
a conversation between characters
context clues
clues in surrounding text thathelp the reader determine themeaning of an unknown word
tone
what the author feels
affix
a word part added to a root. These can be prefixes or suffixes. Ex: the prefix "re-" means "again, anew". The suffix "-able, ible" means "capable of,...
text structure
how the author organized the selection
technical word meanings
subject specific or scientific meanings
third person limited point of view
the narrator focuses onthe thoughts and feelingsof only one character
imagery
description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
express
to show something
alliteration
the repetition ofconsonant sounds atthe beginning of words
clause
a group of words that contains both a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb)
first person point of view
uses pronouns I, me, and my. The character it is about is the person telling the story.
character traits
words or phrases that describe the character
central idea
what a piece of text is mostly about; the main focus of the text
figures of speech
expressions that suggest ideas and feelings beyond the actual meanings of words
compare and contrast
telling the differences and likenesses of something
dramatic irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
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