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ELA flashcards
| Definition | Answer |
|---|---|
| the period and location in which a story takes place. | setting |
| The action and events that take place in the story. | plot |
| The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting are introduced. | introduction |
| The events of the story that make the conflict worse before the climax. | rising action |
| The turning point in the story; the most intense part of the story | climax |
| What are the events of the story after the climax that lead to the resolution. | falling action |
| the way the problem is solved or the conflict is resolved. | resolution |
| The repetition of beginning consonant sounds | alliteration |
| An obvious exaggeration | hyperbole |
| Set of words that mean something other than the literal meaning and is commonly known and used by people | idiom |
| language that appeals to the senses and creates images in our minds | imagery |
| comparison without using “like” or “as”. | metaphor |
| the feeling expressed in a piece of writing | mood |
| A word that sounds like what it is describing | onomatopoeia |
| combination of 2 opposite words | oxymoron |
| giving, animals,objects,and ideas human qualities | personification |
| comparison using “like” or “as” | simile |
| a group of lines (paragraph) | stanza |
| words or phrases that present things in a new or unusual way | figurative language |
| The pattern of rhyme | rhyme scheme |
| words that have the opposite meaning from another | antonym |
| words that have the same meaning as another | synonym |
| person,place,thing or idea | noun |
| a noun that needs to capitalized | proper noun |
| shows action what the subject does or has | action verb |
| no action, “links” the subject to another word to tell what the subject is or is like | linking verbs |
| describes nouns | adjective |
| describes verbs adjectives and other adverbs tells to what extent how when or where something is done | adverb |
| replaces a noun | pronoun |
| shows direction, relationship | preposition |
| a word used to connect other words, phrases, and sentences | conjuction |
| tells or states something ends with a period | declarative sentence |
| makes a command request or order usually ends with a period | imperitive sentence |
| asks a question end with a question mark | interrogative sentence |
| expresses strong feelings such as joy etc. ends with a exclamation point | exclamatory sentence |
| what the subject does, has, or is | predicate |
| who or what the sentence is about | subject |
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