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ELA Final Review
Terms for final
Term | Definition |
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Point of View | First person, second person, third person (omniscient) The perspective in which a story is being told. |
Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about future events. |
Conflict | A problem, fight, or struggle between characters, society, nature, or internally within. |
Conflict | Person vs. Person or Man vs. Man or Character vs. Character: This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with another character, human or not human. |
Conflict | Person vs. Nature or Man vs. Nature or Character vs. Nature: This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist. |
Conflict | Person vs. Self or Man vs. Self or Character vs. Self: In this type of conflict, the main character experiences some kind of inner conflict like making a difficult decision or dealing with a personal problem. |
Conflict | Person vs. Society or Man vs. Society or Character vs. Society: This type of conflict has the main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, school, etc. |
Setting | Where and when the story takes place (including the time, place, weather, culture, customs and traditions). Antagonist-The central character’s opponent (creates the conflict). |
Protagonist | The central character usually involved in a conflict against the antagonist. May also be known as the hero. |
Climax | The point of tension, emotion, or heightened suspense (the turning point). Determines the resolution. |
Author’s Purpose | The reason why the author writes: Entertain, Inform, Explain, and Persuade. |
Mood | The feelings the reader gets from reading the author’s words. |
Tone- | The attitudes and feelings of an author/speaker toward a subject. |
Theme- | The central idea or message about life that is expressed in the story. |
Plot | The sequence of events in a story--beginning, middle and end. |
Exposition | The beginning of the story where the main characters and initial conflicts are introduced. The setting of the story (time, place, weather, culture etc.). |
Rising Action | Events that lead up to the climax. They help create tension and suspense and may have more conflicts. |
Climax | The turning point of the story; the moment of tension, emotion, or suspense that determines the resolution. The main conflict is addressed. |
Falling Action | Eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict. |
Resolution/Denouement | The end of the story where typically the main conflict is resolved. |
Idiom | A phrase or expression that says one thing, but means something else. |
Allusion | -A reference to something outside of what you are reading- a place, person, or event |
Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. |
Simile- | A comparison of two different things using the words “like” or “as”. |
Metaphor | A direct comparison of two different things without using “like” or “as”; it describes something by calling it something else. |
Alliteration- | A repetition of initial consonant sounds (The world was wide awake with wonder). |
Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of the story. This may be a change in understanding, values, insight etc. |
Round Character | A major player in a work of fiction — the star of the story —who encounters conflict and is changed by it. Round characters tend to be more fully developed and described than flat, or static, characters. |
Static Character | A character who does not undergo a significant change over the course of a story. |
Flat Character | A type of character in fiction that does not change too much from the start of the narrative to its end. Flat characters are often said not to have any emotional depths. |
Major Character | A main important character; a character who plays a large role in a story. Major characters usually face some sort of obstacle, and they will be present throughout most of the story. A story can have one major character or several. |
Minor Character | A character who does not play a large role in the story. Minor characters usually do not face significant obstacles during the course of the story, and they usually do not change during the course of the story. |
Minor Character | The reader does not usually learn much about the minor character. They are just there for the major characters to interact with and to help advance the plot. |
Pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
Adjectives | a word that modifies, or describes a noun or pronoun |
Noun | a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea (Note: Many nouns end in –ion.)Common Noun: names any person, place, thing or idea Examples: i am going to the mall I go to my house |
Proper Noun: | names a specific person, place or thing Always capitalized Examples: Im going to New York City |
Pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun Examples: He went to the store |
Adjectives | a word that modifies, or describes a noun or pronoun Tells what kind, how many, or which one(s). Examples: mystery novels two authors those books |
Verbs | state what is happening in the sentence Action Verbs– expresses physical action you can see or a mental action you can not see Examples: drink – physical action Enjoy – mental action |
Adverbs | a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Answers the questions: how, when, where, how often, in what manner, or to what extent Mainly end with the suffix – ly Common adverbs: |
Adverbs | quite suddenly always finally very almost slowly quickly truly |
Adverbs | easily extremely never carefully really sometimes especially often. well inside outside tomorrow. more already soon |