English Language Arts Vocabulary

An informational piece of writing is

A _________ tells the story

Tells location or place

fiction means true

The most important character in a story is the

"She is a flower" is a

The setting in a story is

action word

A biography is

Central or main idea in a story

A word that describes something

A pronoun takes the place of a

A story is a

Noun

A phrase used to compare two unlike objects: "He is a lion."

Literature is

hyperbole

A phrase used to compare two unlike objects using like or as.

"He was as big as a whale" is an example of...

Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, feeling are

under, over, on, near, in front of, behind, are all

"He is as big as a whale" is also an example of

fiction

A person or animal in a story

Time and Place

We, you, us, they, her, them, it are all examples of...

You have written a narrative in this class.

adjectives are

Sensory language uses