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Vocabulary List 2
Story Elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genre | type or category of literature |
| plot | major events in a story |
| characters | people or animals in a story |
| conflict | the main problem |
| theme | the main point, lesson |
| setting | where and when the story takes place |
| declarative | a sentence that makes a statement and ends with a period |
| interrogative | a sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark |
| imperative | a sentence that expresses a command or a request and ends with a period |
| exclamatory | a sentence that shows excitement or strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point |
| ambi | both |
| aqua | water |
| aud | hear |
| incredulously | feeling unable to believe something; shocked |
| resignedly | giving in patiently |
| guffaw | a loud burst of laughter |
| taboos | something that is forbidden |
| prefix | letters added to the beginning of a root word |
| suffix | letters added to the end of a root word |
| base word/root word | original word before the prefix or suffix |