ELA Terms
What is the theme?
The message/lesson in the story
What is the place where a story takes place called?
Setting
Which word is possessive: they're, their, or there?
Their
What point of view uses the pronouns he, she, they, them, etc.?
3rd Person Point of View
What is the name for what the text is mostly about?
Main Idea/Central Idea
What are the events of a story called?
Plot
Cause & Effect
Which one happens first?
Which one happens because of the first?
cause
effect
What describes a verb?
Adverb
What is hyperbole?
Exageration
What is the problem of a story called?
Conflict
What does it mean to contrast things?
What does it mean to compare things?
Tell how they are different
Tell how they are similar/alike
What is an antonym?
What is a synonym?
Words that have opposite definitions
Words that have the same definitions
What is a simile?
Comparing 2 unlike things using the words like or as.
What is it called when characters speak?
Dialogue
What is the word for giving human qualities to an animal or object?
Personification
Sally sells seashells down by the seashore.
What figurative language is this an example of?
Alliteration
What is a metaphor?
Comparing 2 unlike things without using the words like or as
What is the turning point of a story?
Climax
"The child is an angel" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
Where does the suffix occur in a word?
Where does the prefix occur in a word?
At the very end
At the very beginning