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7th Grade ELA
1st Semester Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| glare | an angry stare |
| alibi | evidence that proves one was elsewhere when an act, took place |
| desolate | deserted, without inhabitants, barren |
| antonym | a word that means the opposite of another word |
| synonym | a word that has the same meaning as another word |
| Inference | an educated guess made from background knowledge combined with context clues |
| cynical | believing the worst of human nature and motives |
| burrow | nestle; to settle down comfortably; to dig a hole into something |
| Dialogue | Conversation between two or more characters |
| Resolution | the conflict is resolved and the story's action ends for the main character |
| verb | An action word or state of being |
| Noun | A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Conflict | struggle or clash |
| Theme | the life lesson in a literary work |
| Expository Writing | writing that informs |
| Narrative Writing | writing that tells a story |
| Persuasive Writing | writing that attempts to influence the reader |
| Main Idea | what a text is "mostly about" |
| Setting | all the details of time and place |
| 3rd Person Point of View | narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses "he," "she," "they |
| 2nd Person Point of View | the narrator tells the story to another character using "you" |
| 1st Person Point of View | The narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our, us) |
| Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a piece of literature. Five basic elements: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution |
| glare | an angry stare |
| initiate | to begin |
| Pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
| proclaim | to officially anounce |
| concoction | mixture of various ingredients |
| simile | to compare two things using “like” or “as” |
| metaphor | to compare two things by saying something is something else |