Terminology

Literacy Terminolgy Poetry Terminology

Literacy Terminology- This page is not about vocabulary it is about the terms used to refer to specific parts of literacy. ** Acronym **- a word formed by using letters from several words ** Example: ** as soon as possible becomes ** ASAP ** (Mrs. Clingan and Ms. Kovaly spent oodles of time on this folks, try to remember!) ** Affix **- a syllable added before or after the root word If this doesn’t sound familiar then remember that **__there are 2 types of affixes__** ** Prefix ** - a syllable added to the beginning of a root word, which can change its meaning ** Example: ** add prefix //non// to the root word //sense// and you have formed a new word: **//nonsense//** ** Suffix ** -a syllable added to the end of a root word, which can also affect its meaning ** Example: ** add the suffix //–ion// after the root word //create// and you have formed a new word: **//creation//** ** Allusion ** - making reference to a known person or event ** Example: ** It’s been raining for days; we’ll probably have to build an ark. ** Analogy ** -making a comparison by showing related words ** Example: ** student is to teacher as teacher is to principal Another way to write an analogy is to use colons in between words like this: student : teacher :: teacher : principal ** Antonym ** -a word that means the opposite of another word ** Example: ** up-down, over-under, left-right ** Author’s Purpose ** -the reason for the written work ** Examples: ** to inform, the book __Eat This, Not That!__ to entertain, the story __Green Eggs and Ham__ to persuade, a letter to the school board requesting more field trips for students to teach something, a book __iPhones for Dummies__ ** Autobiography ** -a book written by you about yourself or your life ** Bias ** -the author’s feeling toward a subject ** Example: ** a newspaper article about teenagers being lazy would probably be written by an adult who has a bias toward teenagers

Poetry Terminology