ELA Terms
This is an idea or concept that is recurring in a text and is related to the central idea.
Theme
Emphasizing a non-human's characteristics by describing them with human attributes is what type of figurative language?
Personification
This is the literal definition of a word that might be found in a dictionary.
Denotation
A character has a diaper in her hand, spit-up on her shirt, and a bottle warming on the counter.
This is the inference that you make.
You can infer that this character is a mother.
The Dutch annihilated the European champions 5-0.
This is the definition of annihilate.
To destroy completely
This is a mistake, moment of weakness, or bad decision made by the hero of a tragedy that ultimately brings about his downfall.
Tragic flaw
In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, the text states, “Bloody plague crashes over our heads like a tide of death.” (lines 23-24)
This is what type of figurative language?
Simile
This is the positive and negative associations that most words naturally carry with them.
Connotation
A character uses words like "stat" and "emergency" and "prep" and "operation."
This is the inference that you make.
You can infer that this person works in the medical field.
I very much hope that this case will prove to be a catalyst for change.
This is the definition of catalyst.
A person or thing that precipitates or causes an event
This occurs when the audience knows more than the character does. It creates tension and suspense.
Dramatic irony
In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the text states, “For love is blind all day...” This phrase means that true love is not superficial.
This is what type of figurative language?
Idiom
This type of punctuation is used to link two independent clauses that are closely related in thought without a conjunction.
Semicolon
A detective enters the house, which has been ransacked. He sees blood on the floor, and it leads out the back door.
This is the inference that you make.
You can infer that a crime has occurred in the house.
Because my daughter's behavior is incorrigible, she might be grounded for at least a year.
This is the definition of incorrigible.
Not able to be corrected or beyond control
This is descriptive writing and uses the senses to describe
Sensory details
In William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the character Jacques compares life to a theater performance:
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
This is what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
This type of character develops and learns during the course of the story.
Dynamic character
Your friend walks past you without smiling. Her head is hanging down. She wipes a tear away from her eye and looks at her report card.
This is the inference that you make.
You can infer that your friend did not have good grades on her report card.
It is paramount that my grandfather takes his medicine if he wants to feel better.
This is the definition of paramount.
Chief in importance
A fire station burns down. This is an example of what kind of irony?
Situational irony
This is a literary device that allows the author to create pictures in readers’ minds so they can better imagine the situation, characters, emotions, and settings of the narrative.
Imagery
This is a work of literature, particularly a play, where the reader or audience witnesses the downfall and usually the death of the main character or tragic hero.
Tragedy
When you enter a house, you see backpacks by the door, small shoes scattered near them. You see an art easel, and a room with a doll house and a toy box.
This is the inference that you make.
You can infer that there are children in this family.
His boss gave him a severe reprimand for being late.
This is the definition of reprimand.
To scold/ find fault with/ rebuke