ELA Vocabulary

Front

What is a lesson, message, or moral of a text?

Back

Theme

Front

What does it mean to 'infer'?

Back

To draw a conclusion based on information that was provided in a text.

Front

What word explains the overall sequence of events in a literary work?

Back

Plot

Front

What is the meaning of the word 'excerpt'?

Back

A part, sample.

Front

What is information that is not stated directly but is hinted at through clues in the text?

Back

Implied.

Front

What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?

Back

Setting.

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile.

Front

What is the main character in a story called?

Back

Protagonist.

Front

What is the term for the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

Back

Conflict.

Front

What is the part of the story where the problem is resolved?

Back

Resolution.