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Ela vocab
vocab for ela
Term | Definition |
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setting | time and place of the action in a story |
backdrop | the time and place are not important to the story; time less |
integral | the time and place are important to the story |
mood | atmosphere; how it feels for character |
appearance | physical look of a character |
behaviors | actions of a character |
speech | what is said, how it is said |
reactions | how characters react one one another |
inner thoughts | what we think |
flat | few details; more of a stereotype |
round | well developed, many sides;true to life: personalty |
static | character stays the same through out the book |
dynamic | character-changes throughout the book |
protagonist | person who solves the problem |
antagonist | person who works against the man character |
1st person | a character who tells the story them self (I, me ,my) |
3rd limited | narrator tells; one character thought. |
3rd omniscient | narrator tells; all character thoght |
plot | the story itself; the chain of events |
linear | chapter books, continuous |
episodic | each chapter diff story |
open ended | you decide the ending |
conflict | a struggle between forces |
internal | inside the characters mind-man vs self |
external | outside the character-man vs man, man vs society, man vs nature man vs supernatural |
plot LINE | the course or main features of a narrative such as the plot of a play, novel, or movie. |
exposition | things are introduced like; setting, characters, maybe a foreshadow, conflict (hint) |
rising actions | events increase in intensity |
incisive / inciting moment | the very first rising action which set the plot in motion |
climax | most exiting part / path takes a new direction |
falling action | one or two events after the climax |
resolution | conflict is concluded / story is closed |
foreshadowing | clues about what will happen in the future |
flash back | looking back on past events |
suspense | creates anxiety and Uncertainty |
irony | twist of the fate at the end |
imagery | use of senses |
metaphor | comparisons of two unlike objects |
simile | comparison between objects |
personification | giving human traits to nonhuman things |
symbolism | use of object to represent something bigger |
theme | authors message in the story |
oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
Hyperbole: | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
Onomatopoeia: | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
Repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. |