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ELA Stuff We Should Know...
100
Something that is proved to be true and something that a person thinks or believes.
What is fact and opinion?
100
This story was told from the first person point-of-view and described how the main character felt about aging.
What is Eleven?
100
The series of events in a story.
What is plot?
100
The life lesson of a literary work, or what the story teaches the reader.
What is theme?
100
The event that leads to something and what happens as a result of that event.
What is cause and effect?
200
First, next and last in a story or the steps you take to do something.
What is sequence?
200
This story spoke of raisin bread, forums, umbrella pines and volcanoes.
What is "The Dog of Pompeii"?
200
The problem or struggle that a character faces in a story or drama.
What is conflict?
200
You find this by locating the subject and then figuring out what the author is trying to tell you about the subject.
What is the central idea?
200
Usually the first sentence in an informative/expository essay.
What is the topic sentence?
300
The text surrounding a word that usually helps to explain the word's full meaning
What is context?
300
In "Crow Brings the Daylight", this character could be viewed as both good and bad.
Who is the crow?
300
When speaking of plot, this stage eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict.
What is falling action?
300
To find ways things are alike or different?
What is compare and contrast?
300
When a writer uses words in an imaginative way to express meanings beyond the dictionary meaning, he is using this type of language.
What is figurative language?
400
Table of contents, Index, sub-headings, etc.
What are non-fiction text features?
400
Lob's owner, Mr. Dodsworth, was from this country?
What is England?
400
The narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
What is third-person omniscient?
400
The most important idea about a topic and the words, sentences or phrases that tell about it.
What is main idea and details?
400
To do this you must first give the title and author (if possible), then the main idea, and finish by providing only key details.
What is summarizing informational text?
500
A picture, chart or graph...
What is visual information?
500
This character from a drama we read had the power to take a man's speech and give it back to him.
Who is little snake?
500
You do not have to make an inference when the meaning of the text is stated this way...
What is explicitly?
500
"Andy knew he was a confident speaker, but some students resented his attitude". This statement from a story is an example of this point of view...
What is third person omniscient?
500
Stanzas are to poetry what paragraphs are to this...
What is prose?