ELA terms and definitions PART 1

The language used by specific group of people is ______________

A genre that usually has strange settings and extraordinary characters.

A graphic novel is a novel in the form of a _________________

Autobiographies are stories about a person's life written by __________________.

Which one is NOT a reason why authors write?

Fictional characters that take place in real historical settings.

"An apple a day, keeps the doctor away" is an example of what?

A drama is really a __________.

The central idea is the central unifying element that ties all the elements _________.

Fiction, nonfiction, historical fiction, biography, fantasy are all examples of _______.

An extreme exaggeration.

A clause is part of a sentence that contains a ______________ and a _____________.

An anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people.

Hey! Ouch! Ugh! are examples of ____________.

Character traits describe a character's __________________.

Nonfiction writing that is intended to inform.

Conflict is the _____________ in the story.

The literal meaning of a word

This is an account of a person's life written by someone else.

This is where you look up definitions of words in your text book.

Expository is writing that is used to ______________.

The narrator is a character that is IN the story.

You "spilled the beans" is an example of what type of figurative language?

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what?

Stories that are imaginary and entertaining.