Definition
Common Ela Terms
Type of writing
Features/Characteristics
Book Genres
100

Person, Place, Thing, or idea

A Noun

100

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer

Plot

100

An essay of what you think

Opinion writing

100

A sense that helps you hear

Ear

100

Not Real

Fiction

200

A danger or risk

Hazard

200

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Theme

200

a style that allows the writer to tell a story

Narrative Writing

200

Little hairs that stretch from your eyes

Eyelashes

200

Fiction presents a real-life historical character and creates fictional actions or events surrounding them.

Historical fiction

300

To give up high office

Abdicate

300

a person in a novel, play, or movie.

A Character

300

A factual writing

Informational writing

300

Little lines under your eyes

Bags

300

literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.

Poetry

400

a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal

A Bounty

400
the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.


Setting

400

 uses logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another

Persuasive Writing

400

Modes that you have

Emotions

400

A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.


Novel

500
the exertion of force by means of a lever or an object used in the manner of a lever

Define leverage

500

be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Foreshadow

500

 a genre of writing that describes, explains, or investigates an idea, reason, or steps in order to inform or illuminate a particular subject for the reader

Expository Writing

500

The white part of your nail

The lunala

500

A genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime, horror, and detective fiction

Thriller

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