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| One or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word and serving to produce a derivative word or an inflectional form(i.e. a prefix or suffix) |
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| A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have a moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy. (i.e. parable) |
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| the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words |
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| An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event |
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| the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another |
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| a word that is the opposite in meaning to another word |
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| the position or claim the author establishes. Arguments should be supported with valid evidence and reasoning and balanced by the inclusion of counter-arguments that illustrate opposing viewpoints |
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| The author's intent to either inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not to do something |
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| The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic |
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| a written account of one's life |
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| a written account of another person's life |
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| a person, animal, or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work |
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| the method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities |
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| the turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense. Typically, the structure of stories, novels, and plays is one of rising action, in which tension builds to the climax |
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| place together characters, situations, or ideas to show common and/or differing features in literary selections |
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| a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions |
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| the range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning |
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| words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. |
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| the generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture |
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| support provided to mark an assertion as reasonable |
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