| A | B |
|---|
| a/an | not/without |
| aqua/hydr/hydro | water |
| bio | life |
| dem/pop | people |
| ess | female |
| aer/aero | air |
| biblio | book |
| chron/temp | time |
| dent/dont | tooth |
| geo/terra | earth |
| graph/scrib/script | write |
| hemi/semi/demi | half |
| ist | one who, that which |
| cule/cle/ling/micro | small |
| mid/medi | middle |
| mim | imitate, copy |
| ped/pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| meter | measure |
| migr/migra | wander, move |
| mors/mort | death, mortal |
| phon | sound |
| post | after |
| photo | light |
| frac/frag | break |
| hyper/super | above, over |
| ism | process, act |
| log/ology | ideas, speech, reason, study |
| mega | great, large |
| punct | point, dot |
| test | to affirm, witness |
| forc/fort | strong, luck |
| hypo | under, below |
| tele | far |
| luna | moon |
| character | a person or animal that takes part in the action of a story |
| conflict | struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces |
| resolution | when the characters' problems are solved and the story ends |
| point of view | vantage point from which a story is told |
| internal conflict | struggle with an inside force |
| setting | time and place in which the events of work of literature takes place |
| climax | the most emotional or suspenseful moment in a story |
| theme | message or idea the writer is trying to convey to the reader |
| plot | the series of related events that makes up a story |
| suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what will happen next in a story |
| similes | comparisons using like or as |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
| onomatopoeias | words that sound the same as their definition |
| metaphors | comparisions NOT using like or as |
| hyperboles | extreme exaggeration |
| idioms | an expression where the words are not literally true |
| alliteration | repetition of the same sounds in groups of words |
| analogy | comparisons of similarities of two unlike things |
