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ELA Unit 1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cause and Effect | A relationship between events and processes where one causes the other. |
| Character | A person, animal, or figure represented in a text. |
| Coherence | The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in your writing and speaking. |
| Connotation | The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word. |
| Denotation | The literal meaning of a word. |
| Dialogue | Conversation between characters in a text. |
| External Conflict | A character struggles with an outside force, such as another character. |
| Foreshadowing | Clues or hints signaling events that will occur later in the plot of a story. |
| Incident | The central piece of action that is the focus of the narrative. |
| Internal Conflict | A character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions. |
| Metaphor | Compares two unlike things without using words like or as. |
| Personal Narrative | A story based on one's own life and told in the first person. |
| Personification | Figurative language that gives human characteristics to an animals, idea, or nonliving object. |
| Plot | The sequence or related events that make up a story. |
| Point of View | The perspective from which a story or poem is told. |
| Reflection | A description that explains the significance of the incident. |
| Response | The immediate emotions and actions associated with the incident. |
| Sequence | To put things in order. |
| Setting | Where or when a story takes place. |
| Short Story | A fictional narrative that presents a sequence of events, or plot that includes a conflict. |
| Simile | Compares two unlike things using words such as like or as. |
| Theme | The central idea, message, topic, or purpose of a literary work. |
| Transitions | Words that link two ideas, sentences, or paragraphs by showing their relationship. |