ELA terms for PARCC

How an author introduces and describes a character in a text.

Figure of speech where the author refers to a place, event, or other literary work is...

A summary is...

The author's attitude toward the subject he/she is writing about

The difference between mood and tone is

This is the problem, tension, or struggle(s) that characters face in a story.

A narrative is a story.

Author's purpose is

Irony is

This is a comparison that helps the reader understand a connection between two ideas.

A conclusion a reader makes based on the information presented in a text.

The person who tells a story and can be a character from the story.

The emotional associations we make with words that go beyond dictionary definitions.

The series of events that make up a story

Authors help readers understand characters through:

Similes and metaphors are types of analogies.

A character's perspective--how they see the world or situations.

A quotation or specific detail from a text that used to prove a point or idea is

A narrative is non-fiction.

Conflict never occurs in a story when two or more characters have different points of view.

A universal message or idea about life that often comes through a literary text.

A central idea is...

Speech between characters in a story.

Setting is...