English Terms

1. a song- like narrative poem usually featuring rhyme,rhythm, and refrain
5. the events that unfold according to how the main character responds to the climax
7. the repetition of constant sounds within words
12. a five-line rhymed rhythmic verse, usually humorous
13. the author's central message that makes a general statement about human beings or about life
14. the part of the work that introduces the character,setting, or basic situation
15. an organization pattern involving a series of steps to accomplish a task\
16. a meaningful word to which prefixes or suffixes are added
17. an affix attached at the end of a base or root word that changes the meaning or its part of speech

2. used to look up facts and statistics
3. basic part of the word that carries the meaning
4. the use of a word whose sound suggests or imitates its meaning
6. the end of the story where the main conflicts of the story are concluded
8. book of maps
9. the point of greatest intensity in the story
10. A seventeen-syllable unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature
11. poetry with neither regular meter nor rhyme scheme
15. an affix attached at the beginning of a base word or root word that changes the meaning