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Ela vocab
vocab for ela
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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