- affix: a word attached to another word to change its meaning
- alliteration: repeated sounds at the beginning of neighboring words
- antonym: a word with the opposite meaning of another
- bias: a judgment based on personal point of view; prejudice
- fluency: written or spoken with ease
- generalization: a conclusion drawn from information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person
- homophone: a word that sounds the same as another but is spelled differently and has a different meaning
- hyperbole: intentional exaggeration
- imagery: a word or group of words that appeal to the senses and provide the reader with mental images
- infer: to reach a conclusion by making judgments about a number things
- narrative: a story
- personification: giving an inanimate object qualities of a human
- persuade: to try and convince others to think the same as you
- possessive: having ownership
- prefix: an affix attached to the beginning of a word to change its meaning
- root word: the word left when all affixes are removed
- summary: a brief, informative writing presenting the main parts of another piece of literature
- synonym: a word with the same meaning as another
- theme: the topic of writing; a major idea that covers the entire literary work
- tone: the attitude of the author/overall feeling presented by a piece of literature