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ELA stack 1 Literacy
Literacy elements flashcards
Term | Definition |
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POINT OF VIEW - first person | First person – one of the characters, using the personal pronoun “I,” tells the story. |
POINT OF VIEW - third person omniscient | Third person omniscient (ALL KNOWING)– the narrator knows (sees) everything about ALL the characters and their problems; can tell the reader what characters are thinking and what is happening in several places at one time. |
POINT OF VIEW - third person limited | Third person limited – the narrator is not part of the story’s action and focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character (LIMITED to that person); the reader observes the action through only one of the characters in the story. |
Antagonist and Protagonist | *protagonist – main character * antagonist – character that opposes the main character |
Charecter | A person or animal in the story |
Static and Dynamic | **dynamic – a character who changes **static – a character who stays the same |
CHARACTERIZATION | A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something. This includes how a character speaks, acts, feels, and how other characters talk to/about the character. Often listed as one-word adjectives. |
MOTIVATION | The reason(s) a character behaves in a certain way. Among the many reasons for a person’s behavior are feelings, experiences, and commands by others. |
SETTING | The time AND place during which a story is set |
TONE | The author’s attitude (feelings) toward his/her subject matter, characters, and audience. Tone is interpreted through the author’s choice of words similar to the way a person’s tone of voice adds meaning to what they say. |
ATMOSPHERE | The feelings evoked by the setting/environment |
MOOD | the way a reader feels as he/she reads a story as described with one or two adjectives. |
CONFLICT | A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces. The conflict complicates things for the main character. |
INTERNAL CONFLICT | a struggle within a character’s own mind over feelings or a decision. (character vs. self) |
EXTERNAL CONFLICT | EXTERNAL – a struggle between a character and an outside force.3 types of external conflict – character vs. character character vs. nature character vs. society |
SUSPENSE | The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in the story.*Suspense usually builds during the rising action of a story line! |
SYMBOLISM (SYMBOL) | A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well OR Concrete object REPRESENTS abstract idea |
MOTIF | Any element of a story that is repeated in different stories at different times. Motifs can be a character, an image, or a story line! |
THEME | The overall message or truth about life in a piece of literature.topic + what the author says about the topic = theme |
FORESHADOWING | The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story. Foreshadowing is used to build suspense or anxiety for the reader. |
FLASHBACK | Interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time. WARNING *Flashback IS NOT a memory but a way for a writer to go back in time and “fill in the blanks” for a reader.It can occur at any point in the story. |
SITUATIONAL IRONY | what happens is very different from what we expected would happen |
VERBAL IRONY | a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant |
DRAMATIC IRONY | the reader/audience knows something the characters don’t know |
ALLUSION | A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, sports, etc. **expected to be familiar to the reader |
SIMILE | A comparison of two things that are not alike using words such as “like” or “as.” |
METAPHOR | A comparison of two things that are not alike where one becomes the other. |
ALLITERATION | Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound of words that are close together. |
PERSONIFICATION | An object or animal is spoken about as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. |
ONOMATOPOEIA | Words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning. |
IMAGERY (5 types) | Language that appeals to the five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell. |
RHYME SCHEME | Rhymed poetry is identified by the pattern of the rhyming lines (based upon the last word in the line) and identified by LETTERS |
FREE VERSE | Free verse poetry does not have a regular rhyme scheme and resembles prose (ex: The Crossover) |
HYPERBOLE(Also an extreme EXAGGERATION) | Overstating something for the purpose of creating a comic effect. |