NJSLA Glossary
The term used to describe opinion backed with facts.
What is "reasoned judgment"?
A written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage.
What is "drama"?
Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a "simile"?
This organizational structure shows how things are alike and different.
What is "compare/contrast"?
To give a brief statement of the main points of a text.
What is "summarize"?
This term refers to the rate at which a story moves or is told.
What is "pacing"?
Literature that is written in verse and emphasizes the rhythmic use of words to create imagery.
What is "poetry"?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is "alliteration"?
When a present time story stops and we go back to reveal information.
What is a "flashback"?
To retell someone else's ideas in your own words.
What is "paraphrase"?
The main point an author is trying to make in their argument.
What is a "claim"?
A fictional plot that takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.
What is "historical fiction"?
Assigning human qualities to non-living things.
What is "personification"?
This organizational structure presents chronological or time order.
What is "sequence"?
To deduce or conclude from evidence.
What is "infer"?
Terms used in content-specific areas, such as social studies and science.
What is "academic vocabulary"?
Traditional stories, beliefs, and customs of a community passed through generations by word of mouth.
What is "folklore"?
A reference to another well-known work of literature, movie, TV show, etc.
What is an "allusion"?
An organizational structure that presents what was wrong and how it's solved.
What is "problem/solution"?
To examine methodically and in detail the structure of something with the purpose of explaining or interpreting it.
What is "analyze"?
Support for an author's position using logical reasoning and evidence, formerly called "persuasive" on prior tests.
What is an "argument"?
In history, this is also called original source or evidence created during the time period being studied.
What is a "primary document/source"?
A speech where a character reveals his thoughts and feelings to the audience.
What is a "soliloquy"?
Hints or clues about what will happen later in a story.
What is "foreshadowing"?
One thing/object standing for or representing something else in a work of literature.
What is "symbolism"?