Literary Terms Flashcards

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Prefix

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A group of letters added to the beginning of a root word

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Antonym

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a word that means opposite

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Author

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the person who writes the story

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Author’s purpose

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WHY the author wrote the story: PIE, persuade, inform, entertain

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Exposition

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introduction of characters and setting of a story

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Figurative language

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the use of words in an imaginative way

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Inference

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a conclusion reached based on clues, evidence and reasoning

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Fiction

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an imagined story that is meant to entertain

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Fable

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a story that uses animals to teach a valuable lesson

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Legend

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a story from the past believed by many but cannot be proven true