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- Bibliography
- An alphabetical list of all the sources you used as you researched your paper
- Legend
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- Point of veiw
- the perspective from wich a narrative is told, the angle from which the author tells the story; the author's and therefore the reader's perspective on the story
- Bias
- to go ageast a side
- Prefix
- To attach at the beginning.
- Anthology
- a collection of literary pieces
- Excerpt
- a short passage from a longer piece of writing
- Acronym
- a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name
- Setting
- the time and place where a plot takes place
- Anecdote
- short account of event
- Autobiography
- a biography of yourself
- Aphorism
- A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
- Fable
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- Tall Tale
- An exaggerated, unreliable story: Paul Bunyan
- 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.
- Compound Word
- A compound word is made when two words are joined to form a new word.
- Root word
- the base component of a term which gives it a meaning that may be modified by other components
- Science Fiction
- combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact that is usually set in the future
- Main Idea
- what the author wants to say about the topic
- Context
- the story round it
- Contraction
- a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
- Biography
- A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life of another person.
- Foreshadowing
- Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story.
- Caption
- provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
- Suffix
- an affix that is added at the end of the word
- Antonym
- n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
- Syllable
- a vowel or a group of letters containing one vowel sound
- Plot
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
- Atlas
- a collection of maps in book form
- Synonym
- two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context