ELA Vocab

The practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially unrealistically.

A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.

To travel across or through.

Created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you're researching.

An account of a person's life written by that person.

Difficulties; misfortune.

Based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.

(of a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service.

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.

A mark or character is used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process.

Vsdisually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

A myth that describes the origin of some feature of the natural or social world.

A very typical example of a certain person or thing.

Original materials, regardless of format.

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.