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- synonym
- two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
- fairy tale
- an interesting but highly implausible story
- root word
- the base component of a term which gives it a meaning that may be modified by other components
- legend
- a story passed on through generations, a sort of tall tale that is not true ; ficition
- fable
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- antonym
- two words that express opposing concepts
- prefix
- an affix that added in front of the word
- bias
- a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- main idea
- what a piece of writing is mainly about
- contraction
- a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
- biography
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- setting
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- syllable
- a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme a vowel or a group of letters containing one vowel sound
- compound word
- A compound word is made when two words are joined to form a new word.
- tall tale
- highly exaggerated story with humor
- point of view
- "eyes" through which the story is told
- plot
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- science fiction
- a genre, elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact. science-fiction stories are set in the future
- atlas
- a collection of maps in book form
- suffix
- an affix that is added at the end of the word