Perspectives
ELA Vocab
Poetry
Essay/Story Elements
Name that Text
100

When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective

1st person

100

Words that mean the same as another are called...

Synonyms

100

A type of figurative language where human qualities are given to objects or non-living items.

Personification

100

The term for the most important part of a story

Climax

100

"I'll Kill him!"

12 Angry Men

200

When a narrator uses "he, she, they, their," and they have no thoughts given, the story is written in _____ person. 

3rd person objective
200

A type of text structure that teaches you how to complete a task is...

Sequence

200

The way you write a rhyme scheme where every other line rhymes:

ABAB

200

What is the purpose of a conclusion paragraph

To restate or summarize what has been said

200

"Stay gold"

The Outsiders

300

When a narrator uses the words "he, she, they" with the thoughts of 1 character is...

3rd person limited

300

A genre of literature where the setting and conflict are accurate to events from the past, but the characters are typically not:

Historical fiction

300

The term for when a word represents a sound

Onomatopoeia

300

** DAILY DOUBLE***

The series of events that make up a story. 

The beginning, middle, and end. 

Plot

300

"Old Man Warner said stoutly. 'Pack of young fools.'”

The Lottery

400

They use "you" and talk to the reader

2nd person

400

What a text is mostly about is known as the _______ ________ of the text. 

Central Idea or Main idea

400

The narrator of the poem is the...

Speaker

400

How do you correctly write a body paragraph?

Using RACE

400

"Bill and me figured that Ebenezer would melt down for a ransom of two thousand dollars to a cent"

Ransom of Red Chief

500

When a narrator uses the words "he, she, they" with the thoughts of 2 or more characters, the story is written in...

3rd person omniscient

500

The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence

Inference

500

A reference to something with historical, cultural, literary, or political importance.

Allusion

500

What is the most important sentence of any essay?

Thesis

500

"And sometimes goin’ in the dark/ Where there ain’t been no light."

Mother to Son

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