Language Arts 1
The main idea or message of the story
THEME
Choose the noun:
mutation
disagree
rapidly
MUTATION
The author's attitude toward the topic which is revealed in word choice, dialogue, and description
TONE
two or more words that have the same meaning
SYNONYMS
The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader
MOOD
The punctuation that is used to show interrupted dialogue
EM-DASH
Longer Dash
A brief reference to a well-known topic
ALLUSION
Using surrounding words to understand or reveal meaning
CONTEXT CLUES
The phrases easy as pie, break a leg, don't cry over spilled milk, and barking up the wrong tree are all examples of this
IDIOM
The main character and the one who opposes them
PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST
Rewording of something written or spoken by someone else, or putting something in your own words
PARAPHRASING
a word that modifies/describes an adjective or verb
ADVERB
Added to the end of a root word
SUFFIX
The error in this sentence:
The adaptable durable robots traveled to collect scientific data on Mars.
Poems are not written in sentences and paragraphs, they are written in _______ and ________
LINES AND STANZAS
Pulling from the text what is not directly stated
INFER/INFERENCE
The White House, Whataburger, Hobbs Middle School, Mrs. P
PROPER NOUNS
The parts that make up a story. For example: characters, setting, and plot.
STORY ELEMENTS
placing things in the order in which they occurred
Main ideas and a complete overview of the text, but shorter than the original
SUMMARY
A description that appeals to the senses: sight, sound, hearing, taste, and touch.
IMAGERY
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
FABLE
a phrase that comes after a noun to provide extra information about it.
APPOSITIVE PHRASE OR ELA FORMULA
How the story or passage is organized
TEXT STRUCTURE
All-knowing and all-present narrator
3RD PERSON OMNISCIENT