ELA 1
this is a brief story about an interesting incident.
ancedote
this is the dominant and controlling argument.
Central Argument
a character who changes during the course of a story is called a _____ character.
Dynamic
language that goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create special effects or feelings is called _______ language.
Figurative
Mr. Brown can Moo is a story full of what type of figurative language?
onomatopoeia
this verb means to separate a whole into its parts and then look more closely at those parts.
Analyze
this is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea.
details
this word means anything that happens to or is done by a character in a story.
Event
s a figure of speech that makes a non-literal comparison between two unlike things (typically by saying that something is something else)
Metaphor
_____is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study.Hint...The Landlady
Taxidermy
this is the reason for creating written work.
Authors Purpose
any evidence from a fiction or nonfiction text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, opinions, and thoughts.
Text Evidence
How many points did Junior say he would make per game?( Basketball)
20 points
an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements....a phrase that, when taken as a whole, has a meaning you wouldn't be able to deduce from the meanings of the individual words
Idiom
In the story a The Tell-Tale Heart why can't the police hear the old mans heart.
The old man's heart is not actually beating
the key point made in a passage is called its _________ idea.
Central
This is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.
Paraphrase
This is the main idea of an essay, usually expressed as a generalization that is supported with concrete evidence.
Thesis
Zoom, Buzz and Click are examples of what kind of figurative language
onomatopoeia
Which country was the Monkeys Paw from
India
This is suggested, but not stated, definition. It is an ______ or inferred definition.
Implied
words and phrases (also called linking words, connecting words) are used to link together different ideas
Transition
O Captain! My Captain ! was written by which American Poet ?
Walt Whitman
a combination of contradictory words Ex :Jumbo Shrimp and baby grand piano
Oxymoron
In the story My Favorite Chaperone which counrty were they from?
Kazakhstan