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Words to Know
Literacy Words
Synonym
• A word that means
the same as another
word.
• Ex: cold and chilly
Antonym
• A word that means
the opposite of
another word.
• Ex: hot and cold
Prefix
• A letter or group of
letters that comes at the
beginning of a word that
changes the meaning of the
word it is added to.
• Ex: re + use = reuse
Suffix
• A letter or group of
letters added to the end
of the word that changes
the meaning of the word it
is added to.
• Ex: use + ful = useful
Homonym
• Two or more words spelled
and pronounced alike but
have different meanings.
• Ex: bear – the animal
•
bear – to put up with
Homophone
• Two or more words
pronounced alike but
different in meaning and
in spelling.
• Ex: two, to, and too
Fictional
• Something told or
written that in not
fact, a made up story.
Non-fictional
• Something told or
written that is
factual.
Poem
• A piece of writing often
having a rhyme or
rhythm which tells a
story or describes a
feeling.
Simile
• A figure of speech
comparing two unlike things
using the words “like” or
“as”.
• Ex: Her cheeks are as read
as roses.
Metaphor
• A figure of speech
comparing two unlike things
without using the word
“like” or “as”
• Ex: Their cheeks were
roses.