ELA Content Vocabulary

combining two words that have nearly opposite meanings

a character who changes throughout the story

the message the author wants the reader to understand; it is normally inferred

All events leading to the climax

Language that means exactly what it says

The part of the story in which the conflict is resolved or worked out.

All events after the climax and leading to the resolution

a character who opposes the main character

when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

a piece of writing

when the author gives the reader a glimpse at what is going to happen later in the story.

when the story is told in the perspective of “you”

A type of figurative language that uses a group of words that expresses a meaning different from the literal words

The part of the story where the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described

to create

the opposite of what you expect

the author’s use of literary devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, etc. Language that is not literal.

a character who stays the same throughout the story

where the story is organized by time

when the story is told by a character inside the story

When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

copying another writer’s text and calling it your own

The turning point in a narrative at which the rising action turns around into a falling action

the central, main character of the story.

when a character remembers something from the past