English Language Arts Vocabulary

Literature is

A pronoun takes the place of a

We, you, us, they, her, them, it are all examples of...

hyperbole

A phrase used to compare two unlike objects using like or as.

Sensory language uses

Noun

A story is a

A biography is

Central or main idea in a story

Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, feeling are

Tells location or place

"She is a flower" is a

fiction

adjectives are

"He was as big as a whale" is an example of...

An informational piece of writing is

The most important character in a story is the

A phrase used to compare two unlike objects: "He is a lion."

You have written a narrative in this class.

A _________ tells the story

fiction means true

Time and Place

"He is as big as a whale" is also an example of

The setting in a story is

action word

A word that describes something

under, over, on, near, in front of, behind, are all

A person or animal in a story