ESSAY
LITERARY DEVICES
ELA Terms
ELA Terms 2
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100

Citing textual evidence to support claim

Evidence 

100

An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Foreshadowing 

100

The Life lesson learned in the story 

Theme

100

Point of view that uses the pronoun "I," the character is in the story

1st person 

100

Taylor Swift Current Boyfriend T

travis Kelsey 

200

The main Argument or the main topic of your essay 

Thesis 

200

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

200

A small paragraph describing what the story is about 

Summary

200

Point of view that uses the pronoun "you," the character is talking to the reader

2nd person 

200

LSU and Bengals quarterback

(Ms. Case and Ms. O crush)

Joe Burrow 

300

The first sentence of the essay, grabs the reading attention 

Hook

300

A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.

Hyperbole 

300

most important point the author makes

Central Idea/ Main Idea

300

the order in which things happen (first, second, then, etc...)

sequence/ sequential order

300

Name the artist of the following song: 

" Now that we Don't Talk

Taylor Swift 

400

State the last 3 parts of a conclusion 

- Restate of Thesis 

- Summary of Essay 

- Last Words 

400

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman or abstract things.

Personification 

400
the events of a story

Plot

400

A group of lines in a poem

stanza 

400

What Disney show did Selena Gomez do 

Wizard of Waverly Places 

500

Name the 3 parts of an introduction paragraph. 

- Hook

- Summary of the Text

- Thesis. 

500

suggests that sounds or noises are embodied by words

Onomatopoeia

500

A struggle between opposing characters 

conflict 

500

A conclusion one can draw from the presented details, an educated guess

Inference 

500

What band were Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zain Malik and Louis Tomilson apart of? 

One Direction 

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