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ELA Basics
Words to Know
Definitions
Name that Lit Device
Essay Writing
100
The end of a story, in which the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution?
100
The reason that drives an author to write. It is usually to entertain, inform or persuade.
What is author's purpose?
100
A brief reference to a famous work of literature, art, person or historical event.
What is an allusion?
100
Like the room, our stepmother was also stylish and flawless, with her large, piercing eyes, long shapely nails painted bright red, and enormous flashing diamonds at her throat, wrist and ears.
What is imagery?
100
Every introduction needs to include T.A.G. T.A.G. stands for...
What is Title, Author and Genre of the work about which you are writing?
200
To find the similarities between things.
What is to compare?
200
The setting of a story.
What is the time and place in which a story occurs? Can include the values that were embraced at the time.
200
The way the reader feels while reading. Setting can greatly affect this.
What is mood?
200
I approached her slowly, shaking like a leaf.
What is simile?
200
Your first sentence in an introduction, designed to capture your reader's attention. It can be a quote, anecdote, or statistic.
What is the hook?
300
The way that a text is organized. It can be chronological, cause and effect, problem-solution or descriptive.
What is structure?
300
A conclusion that is reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
300
A contradiction in terms. For example: jumbo shrimp.
What is an oxymoron?
300
The fabric of my life was about to be torn apart.
What is metaphor?
300
True or False: The proper way to cite a quote is to include the period INSIDE the quotation marks. For example: "The only redeeming facet of Support Group was this kid named Isaac, a long-faced, skinny guy with straight blond hair swept over one eye." (Green 6).
What is false? The correct way is this: "The only redeeming facet of Support Group was this kid named Isaac, a long-faced, skinny guy with straight blond hair swept over one eye" (Green 6).
400
To look at the differences between things.
What is to contrast?
400
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
400
Details that are so vivid that they appeal to the five sense.
What is imagery (or sensory details)?
400
The alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed.
What is personification?
400
An essay is organized, at the very least, into these three distinct types of paragraphs.
What is introduction, body (support) and conclusion paragraphs?
500
Characterization is how an author reveals a character. Name ONE way that we discussed an author can reveal a character's personality.
What is speech (what the character says), action (what the character does), effect on others (what others say about the character) and what the narrator tells us about the character.
500
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Society, and Man vs. Nature are all examples of this.
What is conflict?
500
Giving human characteristic to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
500
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
500
In an internal citation, you need to include this information.
What is the author's last name and page number? If it's a play or a poem, you include the line numbers.