Reading Words Vocabulary

A category used to classify literary works, usually by form , technique or content (fantasy, biography)

• encyclopedia

• genre

• almanac

• fiction

A list of subjects and their page numbers found at the back of a book

• metaphor

• suffix

• index

• atlas

a book that explains the meanings of words

• dictionary

• almanac

• encyclopedia

• alliteration

people or animals in a story

• setting

• onomatopoeia

• fiction

• characters

the word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

• antonym

• suffix

• prefix

• inference

collection of maps in one book

• simile

• atlas

• hyperbole

• encyclopedia

exaggeration used to emphasize a point

• genre

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• setting

a writing that restates the main idea or ideas

• synonym

• inference

• summary

a word that imitates a sound, "BOOM"

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• fiction

where a story takes place

• setting

• summary

• simile