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Literary Terms #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| antonyms | Words that have opposite meanings. |
| synonyms | Words that have similar meanings. |
| biography | True story of a person's life written by another person. |
| dialogue | Conversation between two or more characters. |
| fable | A short, simple story that teaches a lesson. It usually includes animals that talk and act like people. |
| genre | A category of literature. The main literary ones are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. |
| homonym | Words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning. |
| almanac | A book, published each year, containing facts and figures on a wide variety of topics. |
| root | A word or word element to which prefixes and suffixes may be added to make other words. |
| simile | A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". |