ELA Definitions
Cause & Effect (Author's Purpose)
Text Structure and Text Features
Figurative Language
Parts of a Story
100
A person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.
What is a noun.
100

A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s. What is the author's purpose?

Entertain

100

What are the types of text structures?

Chronological Order

Cause & Effect

Problem/Solution

Description

Compare and Contrast

100

Literal language means exactly what it says. True or False.

True

100
The people or animals that act out the story.
Who are the characters.
200

What is the main idea?

What the passage is mostly about.

200
Jasper and Judy live in a big apartment house. They live on the tenth floor. Last week Jasper walked up all nine flights of stairs. He was very tired when he got home. Cause: Jasper walked up nine flights of stairs. What was the effect? a. Judy was tired when she got home. b. He lives on the tenth floor. c. He was tired when he got home.
c. He was tired when he got home.
200

Chronological order is reproducible. True or False. Explain.

False.

200

A phrase which gives human qualities to animals or objects.

Personification

200

What is setting? What are the three things setting must include?

The time and the place of the story. Mood, time, and place.

300

Where can I find main idea?

Firs paragraph. First or last sentence.

300

A speech written by a Doctor listing the negative effects of smoking and urging teens to not use nicotine. What is the author's purpose?

Persuade

300
What is the index page?

Tells on what pages the reader can find certain topics

300

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken seriously. Used for emphasis or humor.

Hyperbole

300

What is conflict?

The problem between two characters.

400

What is genre?

Points for saying "type".

A genre is a specific type of music, film, or writing.
400
Kitty and her friend decided to take a trip. "We'll go to the beach," said Kitty. "The beach is nice in the autumn. It's cool, so there won't be many people there. It won't be crowded at all." Cause: The weather is cool. What is the Effect? a. There won't be many people at the beach. b. Kitty will take a long trip. c. The beach will be very crowded.
a. There won't be many people at the beach.
400

This structure is used to show how things are similar or different.

Compare and Contrast

400

What is a simile? 

A figure of speech in which two things are compared directly by using “like” or “as”

400

The events that happen in the story. Also known as the problem and how they work towards solving it.

What is the plot.

Points if they say "problem and solution"

500

The author's purpose is what the story is mainly about. True or false. Explain.

False. The author's purpose is why the author wrote the text. PIE!!
500

A cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts. What is the author's purpose? 

Inform

500

What is the glossary page?

Tells the definitions of words found in the text

500

 An expression used by a group of people that has a different meaning to what the words say.

Idiom

500
The message that is in the story or what the story is about.
What is the theme.
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