NeSA ELA Review

a story that might be true, but is exaggerated.

To understand something that isn’t directly stated in the text

Information used from the words surrounding a specific word to figure out meaning.

The characteristic way in which a person conceives and expresses ideas through language.

A story, real or fictional, that is written or told orally

Two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings

Categories of informational and literary works

short story with talking animals & a moral.

The major idea or proposition broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.

Metaphorical figure of speech are represented as having human qualities.

The technique of disrupting the chronology of a narrative by shifting to an earlier time

The physical and psychological background against which the action in a story takes place.

A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied by analogy but is not stated

Language enriched by word images and figures of speech

The process or result of forming mental images while reading or listening to a story

A narrative form that is or has been retold within a culture for generations

A combination of two or more words that functions as a single unit of meaning

an inconsistency between the outcome and the outcome that was anticipated

has magic and/or talking animals.

The linear arrangement of something.

has gods & goddesses; may account for the creation of something.

The phrasing of language so as to balance ideas of equal importance

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as.

The use of one thing to represent an abstract idea

The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative.

The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it

A story, real or fictional, that is written or told orally

Carries the basic unit of meaning for a more complex word.

The struggle either within or between characters that is often the basis of the plot of a story

A particular style in speaking or writing, generally appropriate to the intended audience.

Funny story set in the Wild West; main character’s size or skill exaggerated.