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| Words whose sound imitates their suggested meaning |
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| The consonants preceding the vowel of a syllable |
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| A type of question intended to produce a free response rather than a direct or one-word response |
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| A transparent sheet containing additional details, such as a chart or map, that is placed on top of another transparency on an overhead projector during a presentation |
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| The rate at which something moves; the rate at which a writer moves the action or information; the rate a speaker uses in delivery |
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| A literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
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| The phrasing of language so as to balance (grammatically) ideas of equal importance |
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| A voice or character representing a speaker or narrator of a literary work |
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| A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects or ideas |
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| One of the four traditional forms of composition in speech and writing that moves the reader by argument or entreaty to a belief or position |
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| A method used in speaking or writing to get an audience to agree with the speaker or writer's point of view |
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| A minimal sound unit of speech that, when contrasted with another phoneme, affects the naming of words in a language |
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| The awareness of the sounds that make up spoken words |
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| A way of teaching reading and spelling that stresses symbol-sound relationships; used especially in beginning instruction |
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| The difference in the relative vibration frequency of the human voice that contributes to the total meaning of speech |
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| To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one’s own; to use another’s production without crediting the source |
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| The careful sequencing of events in a story generally built around a conflict |
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| The perspective or attitude of a narrator of a piece of literature |
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| An affix attached before a base word or root |
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| The initial creative stage of writing, prior to drafting, in which a writer formulates ideas, gathers information, and considers ways to organize them |
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