ELA Words
This is when you compare something using like or as. For example, "her smile is like the sun."
What is a similie
This is what we call the paragraphs of poetry.
What are stanzas
This type of text features elements such as magical animals, gods and godesses and usually having a strong moral or lesson.
What is a tradtional text.
When two characters talk to each other This is how we reveal most details in a drama/play.
What is dialogue.
This is another word for sarcasm or saying the opposite of what you mean.
What is verbal irony?
This is when you give something that is not human human characteristics.
What is personification.
Poems that follow very strict structures are known as having this style.
What is formal style?
"The Lion King" is a modern update of this traditonal Shakespeare play.
What is "Hamlet"?
Plays are divided into ____________ and ____________.
What are acts and scenes.
This is when you convince people to agree with you because "everyone is doing it."
What is bandwagon appeal?
This is when the author paints a picture in the reader's head.
What is imagery?
It's not a magic trick. It's the ELA term for a reference to something.
What is an allusion
The king wanted someone to take over his empire because he knew the end is nigh. A modern way to say Night is
What is near?
This is a speech given by one character to the audience.
What is a soliloquy?
This is a narrator that knows every character's thoughts.
What is an omnisicient narrator?
What is alliteration?
"Pleasures like flowers may wither and decay, and yet the root perennial may be." The author is using an analogy to explain this idea.
What is that friendships may fade but the foundation remains.
The girl's face was beauteous in the morning light. Waht does beauteous likely mean?
What is beautiful?
This is how many characters are speaking in a monologue.
This is the definition of cumbersome.
What is unwieldy or difficult to carry?
BOOM, SPLASH, KABOOM, and other words that mean what they sound like are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia.
I'll tell you a plan for gaining wealth, better than banking trade or leases
Take a bank note, fold it up
You will find your money increases
Is an example of this type of writing
What is pun, wordplay, or multiple-meaning words.
What is dramatic irony?
I'm the best farmer. I'm a-maizing. You might say I'm outstanding in my field. Why is this an example of wordplay/pun?
This is the beginning of the story when you get exposed to characters and setting before the conflict begins.
What is exposition?