ELA Terms 1
This literary term shows the main idea of a passage.
What is a central idea?
This is a type of figurative language that gives human-like qualities to an object thus bringing to life something inanimate.
What is personification?
What means to give meaning to or to describe something?
WHAT IS DEFINE
What do we call the person who narrates the poem?
The Speaker
This is what you do when you take direct quotes from a text and you give credit in your piece of writing as you refer to another text.
What is citing evidence?
What vocab words means to hint at
Suggest
This word means the events that take place in a story
The Plot
This is what you definitely shouldn't do while choosing multiple choice
Not Read all The Answers
This literary device shows the author's universal message of the story.
What is a theme?
This is a type of figurative language compares two unlike this using like or as.
What is a simile?
What word means to officially decide something about a specific text?
Determine
Stanza
This is when you write part of the question again in your answer either directly or in your own words, this writing is usually in the beginning of your paragraphs.
What is restating questions?
To examine or note similarities or differences
What is to compare and contrast?
This word means the time or place the story takes place
Setting
This is What you definitely should not do when reading the text.
Not use the highlighting tool or not take notes
This term describes a passage or text thoroughly in 2-3 sentences, and "sums up" what a longer passage might be about.
What is a summary?
This is a type of figurative language that describes something as something that is not in reality. Example: "Love is a battlefield".
What is a metaphor?
What word means to show understanding?
Demonstrate
What is the term that means the reason for why a text is being written? "To entertain", "to persuade", "To inform..."
What is author's purpose?
This final paragraph indicates the logical positions or opinions that was drawn from an argument and usually wraps up the essay.
What is the concluding paragraph?
An author, reader or character's way of seeing things from their own point of view.
What is perspective?
This phrase shows the beggining of the story when the problem first occurs
The Rising Action
This is What you definitely should not do while reading the questions.
Not break down the questions/ words - or simplify the questions
These are the qualities that make up a character using the way they speak, act, dress, or their emotions
A character trait
What is the way the author sounds through word choice?
Tone
What word means to write in many words or to explain in great detail?
Describe
This is the position from which a character of a text is being perceived or written from.
What is point of view?
This is the argument of any topic which is supported by different types of evidence which is seen throughout an essay.
What is a claim?
A connection between two texts, two characters, or two authors claims.
What is relationship?
This phrase shows where the most monumental event takes place in the story, where there is the most tension
The Climax
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Not use RACER to help you
What is the feeling the reader gets through setting description?
Mood
This is the problem of the story
What is conflict
What is the word that means to make an argument stronger, to grow or to build?
Develop
These words all mean the same thing: "illustrate", "portray", "demonstrate", "convey"
To Show
This is how many pieces of evidence need to be in an extended response and thoroughly explained and connected back to the questions and claim.
What is four pieces of evidence?
What is structure?
This phrase indicates when the story starts to die down and almost come to an end
The Falling Action
This is whats you definitely should not do with your explanations
Not summarize the evidence or just repeat your evidence.
When the text uses descriptive language that you can visually imagine in your mind.
What is imagery?
What point of view is used when the narrator is telling the story using pronouns like "I", or "Me"
1st person point of view
What is the word that means to talk about or argue?
Discuss
What is the person called who is telling a story?
The narrator
Something you must make sure that all of you answers do.
Answer all of the questions.
Too add to the meaning of.
What is contribute
This is the phrase that shows the problems are now fixed, where the happy endings usually take place, or when there is a cliffhanger
The Resolution
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Not go over your answers.