Language Arts Mid-Year Review

The root "vit," as in vitamin or vital, means:

The source of conflict in a story

Information or writing that is factual

The events in a story

Words that convey action or a state of being

Known as the main character in a story

A character that is fully developed by the writer; many traits are known

A story written about someone's life

An object that represents something beyond itself

Sound words

A main idea statement

Elements that a reader learns during the exposition of a story

The narrator is a character within the story

The writer's attitude about the topic

An exaggeration meant for emphasis or dramatic effect

To put information in your own words

The driving force of a story; the problems and complications

Information that can always be proven true

Convincing others of a point of view

The part of a word that holds meaning; can be used to build other related words

A type of noun that is always capitalized; names a specific person, place, or thing

The message or lesson to be taken away from a story; moral

When the reversal of what is expected occurs

Words that have the same meaning

Sharing the likenesses between information or objects

The turning point of a story; when the story takes a new direction

Words that describe or modify nouns

In order of time of occurrence

A type or category of literature

To show differences between objects or ideas

Words that are opposite in meaning to one another

To express information in shortened form

Narrator that is all-knowing; can "read the minds" of all characters

Giving human qualities to a non-human thing (usually through the verb/action of the object)

Character who experiences change from beginning to end in a story