Terms

A character or group of characters that stand in opposition to the main character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• author

A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Homonym

• Acronym

A word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards

• Palindrome

• Anagram

• Homophone

• Oxymoron

A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning

• Homonym

• Homophone

• Homograph

• Heteronym

A word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name

• Acronym

• Anagram

• Palindrome

• Alliteration

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

• Allegory

A word that has the same spelling as another word but a different meaning

• Homonym

• Homograph

• Homophone

• Heteronym

A word that is derived from another word

• Root

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Derivative

A word that describes a noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

• Pronoun