ELA Assessment One

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What does 'Compare and Contrast' mean?

Back

Showing the similarities and differences between two or more subjects.

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What is a Hyperbole?

Back

A big exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.

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What is the definition of 'Plot'?

Back

The main events that occur in a story.

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What is a 'third person omniscient' narrator?

Back

A narrator who can see and describe every character's thoughts.

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What is 'Theme' in literature?

Back

The central idea or message in a story.

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What does 'Figurative Language' refer to?

Back

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation.

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What is 'Point of View' in a story?

Back

The perspective from which the story is told.

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What is 'Personification'?

Back

Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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What is a 'Simile'?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What does 'Connotation' mean?

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The implied or suggested meaning of a word, beyond its literal definition.