ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

A literary work expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language to evoke emotions.

A set of conflicts that constitute the part of a story's plot leading up to the climax. 

The dictionary meaning of a word. 

A note of explanation or your comments added to a text or diagram (the gist).

Language that uses words in an unusual or imaginative manner; figures of speech freely occur.

A phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. 

The associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning. 

The introductory part of the essay that grabs the reader’s attention.

A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though.

The unified structure of events in a a story; events are in order as they happen.

A repetition of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words.

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

The time and place of a literary work that establishes its context. 

The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as.

The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. 

The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a piece of work.

A statement that you are proving to be true to your audience, also known as your thesis. 

An object or action in a literary work that stands for something beyond itself. 

You cannot have the rainbow without the rain (cannot achieve success without hard work).

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.