A
Abbreviation
Active Voice
To shorten or reduce the form
Adjective
Adverb
Alliteration
Words that describe nouns
Words that modify verbs or adjectives
The use of words that begin with the same letter sound. (ex. Silly Sally
said stop)
Analogy
A comparison
Antonym
Words that have opposite meanings
Apostrophe
Punctuation symbol used with contractions and possessives
Article
Newspaper or reference piece; word that identifies the noun
B
Brackets
Paired punctuation mark that includes a group within set limits
C
Characterization Portrayal of a fictional character; or description
Conflict
The problem of a story
Connotation
Cliché
Colon
Comma
Complex sentence
Conditional
Conjunction
Contraction
D
Dash
Denotation
Diction
Declarative
Dependent clause
Direct object
E
Ellipsis
Emotive language
Epilogue
Epitaph
Exclamation mark
Exclamatory
Implied additional meaning
Over used phrase or expression
Punctuation mark used with lists, time, or replaces verb
is/are
Punctuation mark that gives a brief pause or separates
phrases
States a condition or limitation; what if…
Connecting word
Shorten or reduce in size ex. Is not becomes isn’t
Indicates change in thought
Literal or basic meaning
Choice of words; spoken clarity
Sentence that states a fact
A clause that can not stand alone; phrase
The word affected by a verb
Omission of implied word; indicates omitted text
Words or symbols causing emotion
Concluding chapter or speech
Inscription on tomb; speech commemorating the dead
Punctuation indicating strong emotion
Expresses strong feeling or surprise
F
Figurative
Figure of speech
First person
Flashback
Foreshadowing
G
Gerund (phrase)
H
Hyperbole
Hyphen
I
Idiom
Imagery
Imperative
Independent clause
Indirect object
Infinitive
Interjection
Interrogative
Irony
L
Literal
M
Metaphor
Modifier
Mood
N
Noun
O
Onomatopoeia
P
Paragraph
Parentheses
Participle (phrase)
Parts of speech
Passive
Personification
Phrase
Plot
Not literal; symbolic
Nonliteral expression or use of language
the person telling the story is a character inside the story. (Uses
pronouns such as I, me, my, we and us.)
To remember something from a previous time
Clues or hints of things to come
A verb acting as a noun and ending in -ing
An extreme exaggeration
Punctuation used to divide words, fractions, titles, or
compound adjectives
An expression with nonliteral meaning; stylistic
Metaphors and similes; mental images
Sentence that gives a command or request
A sentence that can stand alone
Person or thing action is done to
Basic form of the verb
Comment made abruptly; can be emotional
A question
Humor based on opposites or contradictions
Basic meaning; word for word
A comparison without using like or as
Word qualifying another
General feeling
A person, place, thing, concept, or idea
Sound words
Section of writing
Punctuation marks used to show a departure from the
topic
Verb acting as an adjective
Words with same function in sentences ex. Nouns, verbs…
Not taking an active role
Giving human qualities to something nonhuman
An expression
The sequence of events in a story
Plural
Point of View
Possessive
Predicate
Prefix
Preposition (phrase)
Prologue
Pronoun
Proper noun
Prose
Punctuation
Puns
Q
Quotation
R
Root
Rhyme scheme
Run-on
S
Second person
Semicolon
Sentence
Setting
Simile
Stanza
Structure
Subject
Suffix
Superlative
Suspense
Syllable
Symbol
Synonym
T
Tense
Theme
Third person
Tone
V
Verb
Verbal
More than one
Perspective
Showing ownership
Part of sentence with the verb
Beginning part of word
Words used to show spatial or time orientation
introduction
Words that replace or rename a noun
Specific names
Language that is not poetry
Marks to organize writing
Play on words
Quoting someone else’s words
Base or original part of a word
Pattern of rhyme
Sentence without proper punctuation break
Instructional writing (uses you, your)
Punctuation used to combine sentences or separate a series
A complete thought
Time, place, mood, background information of a story
A comparison using like or as
A paragraph for poetry
The way text is organized
Topic or course of study
Element added at the end of the word
Highest degree of comparison
Enjoyable tension or uncertainty
Unit of spoken language
Something that represents something else
Words with similar meaning
Forms of verbs that express time
The moral or lesson you can learn from a text that is a
truism
Perspective of a narrator; either limited or omniscient
(uses he, she, they)
The author’s feelings about the issue
Action word or state of being
Words formed from verbs (gerunds, participles)
Voice
Expressed opinion