| Term | Definition |
|---|
| accuracy | correctness or precision |
| affix | one or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning or end of a word or base and serving to procude a derivative word or an inflectional form (e.g. prefix or suffix) |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words |
| analysis | the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another |
| antonym | a word that is the opposite of another word |
| appositive or apposition | a grammatical construction in which two usually adjacent nouns having the same referent stand next to one another, often separated by commas (e.g. "My father, Ned, worked for NASA." |
| assertion | A declaration, statement, allegation or claim |
| author's purpose | The author's intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince their audience to do or not do something |
| author's thesis | The topic and a specific feeling or idea associated with it. The thesis can be directly stated or implied in the examples and illustrations used by the author. |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life written by himself or herself |
| ballad | A narrative composition in rhythmic verse suitable for singing |
| bias | A judgment based on a personal point of view |
| biography | The story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work |
| cause and effect | Cause statements stem from actions and events, and effects are what happen as a result of the action or event |
| characterization | The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities |
| climax | The turning point in a narrative, the moment when the conflict is at its most intense. |
| compare | Placing together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections. |
| compound word | a word composed of two or more smaller words, the definition of which is a ombination of the definitions of the smaller words. |
| conclusion | The ending of the story or the summarization of ideas or closing argument in nonfictional texts. |
| conflict/problem | A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions. |
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