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Literary Elements
ELA Regents Exam
Name another Literary Element!
ELA Regents Vocabulary Words
100
The way an author reveals information about a character
What is characterization?
100

The date and time of the ELA Regents Exam.

What is January 21st at 9:00 a.m?

100
The aroma from the sizzling bacon snuck up the stairs and attacked my nostrils, lifting me from my slumber.
Figurative Language (personification and imagery)
100

(n) a ranking system that places one above another; chain of command

What is hierarchy? 

200
A message or life lesson the author attempts to communicate through their writing.
What is theme?
200

The number of sections on the ELA Regents Exam.

What is 3?

200
I want to tell them the truth about how I really feel. But what if they don't feel the same way? It's a huge risk. I cannot decide what to do, I am so torn!
What is conflict? (we will also accept: point-of-view)
200

(v) to believe or say that someone or something is responsible for causing or creating something.

What is attribute?

300
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
300

Your main task on Part 3 

What is identify a literary element or technique (device) describe how it is being used to communicate a central idea?

300
Fire in Fahrenheit 451 or the bridge in A View from the Bridge or the Mockingjay pin that Katniss wears in "The Hunger Games".
What is symbolism?
300

(v) to describe the typical traits of someone or something

What is characterize?

400
When writing goes beyond the actual or literal meaning of the words and the author uses language to convey meaning.
What is figurative language?
400

An essay that requires you to look over various sources and create a claim.

What is the Argument Essay?

400
My mother makes me mad.
What is alliteration?
400

(v) to describe or show in the form of a picture; to use words to create a picture

What is depict?

500
Repetition of the consonant sound at the beginning of each word.
What is alliteration?
500

A theme found in a passage.

What is a central idea?

500
I am a rock, I am an island.
What is a metaphor?
500

(v) to become worse; to decline

What is deteriorate?