ELA Definitions
Short Stories
Story & Writing Elements
Random Nonsense
100

POV stands for 

Point of view

100

What was the name of the novel we all read this year?

The Outsiders
100

The turning point in the story is called the

climax

100

Ms. Meehan has how many cats

2

200

The way you imagine the author sounds/ the authors attitude

tone

200

The name of the story we read about a mongoose

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

200

The ________ is the last part of the story

resolution

200

What is the name of this punctuation ...

ellipses 

300

The way you feel when reading a text

mood

300

This author wrote Retrieved Reformation, a story we read about a bank robber

O' Henry

300

The first part of the story is called the

exposition 

300

In the Outsiders, we read a poem by

Robert Frost

400

The message or moral of a story

theme

400

The science fiction story we read featured aliens (fun fact- it was also the most hated story this year, according to my survey)

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed

400

CER stands for....

Claim Evidence Reasoning

400

The snowman cup on my desk is named

Olaf

500

What does omniscient narrator mean?

all knowing narrator

500

The Author of The Outsiders...

SE Hinton

500

What comes LAST, rising action or falling action

falling

500

The first octopus creature in this room was the...

Rocktopus