Academic Vocab 1.2 Flashcards
1
Q
Uses words like “I” and “we” to tell the story
A
first person narrator
2
Q
The reason why something happens
A
cause
3
Q
The result of something happening
A
effect
4
Q
The story of a person’s life written by someone else
A
biography
5
Q
The overall idea of a paragraph or text is about
A
central/key idea
6
Q
A word that means the opposite of another word
A
antonym
7
Q
“stand alone” words that carry meaning all by themselves
A
root word
8
Q
A group of letters at the end of a word that changes the word’s meaning
A
suffix
9
Q
A group of letters at the beginning of a word that changes the word’s meaning
A
prefix
10
Q
Tells the story using words such as “he”, “she”, and “they”
A
third person narrator
