ELA Skills
When you use your prior knowledge + clues from the text
What is making an inference.
A person, place, thing or idea is called a...
What is a noun.
Where and when a story takes place is called...
What is setting.
James was as white as a ghost.
What is simile.
A word or phrase that means the opposite of another word or phrase.
Ex: tall and short
What is antonym.
What is the term for the moral or lesson of a story?
What is theme.
In the sentence: "Jake ran home quickly."
The verb is...
What is ran.
A description of someone in the story is called...
What is characterization.
Her eyes were glistening jewels.
What is metaphor.
A word or phrase that means the same as another word or phrase.
Ex: Smart & intelligent
What is synonym.
What genre of literature would biographies and autobiographies be in?
What is a non-fiction.
The acronym to remember all the conjunctions is...
What is FANBOYS.
The turning point of a story is called the....
What is the climax.
words like: boom, buzz, moo, bam
What is onomatopoeia.
What does the word "gregarious" mean in the sentence below..
"Jim was gregarious and got along with most people."
What is friendly.
The author's attitude toward a subject is called...
What is tone.
He, she, her, they, we, I are all examples of...
What is pronouns.
A problem in the story is called a...
What is a conflict.
Allen ate apples all afternoon.
What is alliteration.
What does the word "dispute" mean in the following sentence:
Brienda and Elizabeth are having a dispute over which radio station to play at work. It would be so much simpler if they both liked the same kind of music.
What is argument.
In the following excerpt, the point of view used is...
"I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an XBox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess."
First-person POV.
Identify the preposition in the following sentence:
"The squirrel was near the tree."
What is near.
All the events that make up a story is called the...
What is the plot.
The sun smiled down on me.
What is personification.
Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings based on context are called...
Ex: bat--baseball
bat--animal
What is homonyms.