Key Terms for the ELA GMAS

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What are stories, dramas, or poems classified as?

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Literary Text

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To come to a reasonable conclusion based on what you know and what you read

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inference

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Lesson or message of a literary passage

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theme

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To give the main events of a passage in the order in which they happen.

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summarize

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A person or thing in a work of literature.

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Character

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Where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location.

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Setting

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The events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the passage.

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Plot

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Literary passages about popular beliefs in different cultures.

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mythology

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An indirect reference to something.

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Allusion

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A form of writing that uses ordinary language. It is the opposite of poetry.

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Prose