silverteamnweavocabulary
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- compound word
- Two words are joined to make a new word
- aphorism
- A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
- antonym
- a word that means the opposite
- setting
- The time, place, and social environment in which a story takes place.
- science fiction
- imaginary stories with ideas of science, space, or future
- acronym
- word formed from initial letters of another word
- synonym
- words similar in meaning
- suffix
- attach a suffix to
- biography
- an account of a person's life written by another person
- prefix
- To attach at the beginning.
- foreshadowing
- hints to what will happen later in the plot
- excerpt
- a short passage from a longer piece of writing
- point of veiw
- the angle from which the author tells the story; the author's and therefore the reader's perspective on the story
- context
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- main idea
- what a piece of writing is mainly about
- caption
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- atlas
- a collection of maps in book form
- anecdote
- short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
- legend
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- contraction
- a word made by combining two words into one and leaving out one or more letters
- tall tale
- An exaggerated, unreliable story: Paul Bunyan
- bibliography
- An alphabetical list of all the sources you used as you researched your paper
- syllable
- A vowel or group of letters containing one vowel. Ex: Cluster has two syllables - clu ' ster - each syllable has a vowel.
- fable
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- root word
- the base word: perform is the Root Word of perfomance
- fairy tale
- fanciful, imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem, often involving mystical creatures, supernatural power, or magic; often a type of folktale.
- anthology
- a book which is a collection of poems or stories
- plot
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
- bias
- having favor for one side