Academic Vocabulary

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What is theme?

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Theme is the moral or lesson of a story.

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What is an antonym?

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A word that has the opposite meaning.

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What is personification?

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When a writer gives an idea, object, or animal human qualities (acts like a person).

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What does the root 'tele' mean?

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Far away.

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What does the root 'vis' mean?

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See or look at.

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What is a synonym?

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A word that has a similar or same meaning.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a narrative?

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A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

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What is a genre?

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A category of literature characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.