ELA Vocabulary Assessment

one sentence that contains the main ideas or purpose of an essay

Any pros selection that tells about something that actually happened or that presents factual information

the contrast between what is stated and what is actually meant

the specific reasons person has for writing

the reader or audience knows something a character does not

a short story work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject

a character does not experience any change throughout the story

a comparison between two things using the words like or as

when an inanimate object is given human characteristics

an expression whose meaning if different than the sum of it's individual words

The total environment chosen by an author for a specific purpose

someone or something that is against the protagonist

the narrators telling the story to another character using the pronoun "you"

a struggle with an outside force

the narrator is not a character in the story and does not share the thoughts or ideas any characters

the main character in the story that faces a conflict

the solution the main conflict the turning point to the story

categories of literature characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter

an exaggerated statement used for effect

a reasonable conclusion about something based on certain clues or facts presented in the story

words or details that appeal that appeal to the senses and cause a scene to flash before the readers eyes

the pattern of flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables

narrator is not a character in the story but knows and shares the thoughts and ideas of one character

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt

an event turns out differently than expected

the voice that relates the details of the story the reader, the teller of the story

a repetition of consonant sounds at beginning of words

the methods used to present the personality of a character a narrative

the sequence of events in a story

the character telling the story

the words that characters speak aloud

a character undergoes a fundamental meaningful change throughout the story

the narrator is not a character in the story, but the narrator knows the thoughts and feeling of more than one character

a feeling of growing tension, excitement, or uncertainty about is going to happen in a story

the dominant emotion created in the reader by a literary passage

a struggle within a character

hints of suggestions that surround the unfamiliar words of phrases and clarify their meaning

a word that can represent something

a reference to a famous person, place ,event, or work of literature

the idea and feelings associated with a word

an interruption in a story to tell about an earlier event

a broad generalization or oversimplified view that disregards individual differences

an imitation of the style of a particular writer of genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

the use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests it's meaning

a situation, person, or thing that combines contradicting features

a play on words

the author's attitude toward his or her subject

one thing is said, but the opposite is meant

any language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense

an unexpected development in a story

the narrator is a character in the story telling the story in his of her own words

The reader only sees one side to the characters personality

a grouping of two or more lines in a poem

the combination of character traits and circumstances that cause a character to act a certain way

the repetition of accented vowels and syllable sounds

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together Example: jumbo shrimp

a struggle between two opposing forces, groups or individuals

can be based on a true story or completely made up

a comparison between two things without using the words like or as

the universal truth about life that a story conveys

the writers hints and clues about what is going to happen on later in the story

the dictionary definition of a word

the reader sees many aspects of the characters personality