Figurative Language
ELA Terms A
ELA Terms B
ELA
Misc.
100

This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.

Alliteration

100

The story of a person's life written by someone other than the person that the story is about.

Biography

100

2 Answers:

Define Antonym

Define Synonym

A word that is the opposite of another word.

A word that is the same as another word.

100

A word composed of two or more smaller words

Compound word

100

The sequence of events in a story.

Plot

200

A type of FL that compares but does not use like or as.

Metaphor

200

A point of view where the main character tells the story.

First Person

200

2 parts:

Groups of letters that can be placed before a word to alter its meaning.

An ending added to a word to change its meaning.

Prefix

Suffix

200

Define setting (need complete explanation.)

The time AND place that the story happens

200

Define conflict.

The problem in a story.

300

An object that is given human qualities.

Personification

300

The author's central thought; the main topic of a text or paragraph.

Main Idea

300

The order in which events occur.

Sequence

300

A judgement based on reasoning. When you understand something even though the text did not state what was happening.

Inference

300

Define narrator.

The person telling the story.

400

Comparing 2 or more things using like or as.

Simile

400

Explain the possible differences between the following:

Historical fiction vs. fiction vs. realistic fiction

Historical fiction- could have happened at a point in the past, but it didn't.

fiction- not true

realistic fiction- all events must be believable and be able to actually happen

400

The turning point when the conflict is at its most intense

Climax

400

This is the main message or lesson of a story.

Theme

400

Define dialogue.

The conversation between characters.

500

A type of FL that has a literal and figurative meaning. Ex.: "Cat got your tongue?"

Idiom

500

This is the pattern or beat of a poem.

Rhythm

500

When a conflict is resolved.

Resolution

500

The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Meter

500

Define symbolism.

The practice of representing things by symbols or showing symbolic meanings in characters.