Duplicate of Duplicate of ELA 5th grade PSSA terms list 4-6

The author's reason for writing.

Drawing a conclusion after conducting a thorough evaluation.

Comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as".

A group of letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning.

A judgment based on a personal point of view.

One word that is the opposite of another word.

Tools used by the author to make the story interesting.

The story of a person's life written by another person.

A figure of speech that compares 2 unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".

Type of text that tells a story (may be fiction or nonfiction).

To tell the most important parts of a text in a much shorter space, and in your own words.

Organized knowledge about a particular topic.

Words that can have several meanings, depending upon how they are used in a sentence.

It has literary elements & devices  ficiton, but it is about real people, places, or events.

Something that happens as a result of an action, event, or cause.

The author's most important point, usually found in the topic sentence.

A major idea that is the topic of discussion or writing.

A conclusion based on facts, reasoning, and "reading between the lines".

A story's time and place.

Important techniques used in literature.

A nonfiction text, written to share factual information.

How an author wirtes, using language to interest the reader in his or her purpose.

The part of a story where the plot becomes complicated, leading up to the climax.

A graphic way of presenting data in the text.

One or more letters attached to a word to create a different form of the word.

An action or event that leads to an effect.

A declaration, statement, allegation or claim.

A group of neighboring words that begin with the same sound.

One word that has the same meaning as another word.

Point of view in which the author tells a story about the characters, like a narrator.