NSCAS ELA Content Words #2

Front

The big idea of a story

Back

central message

Front

Important pieces of information that support the main idea of a text

Back

key details

Front

Vivid language that creates pictures in the reader's mind

Back

imagery

Front

Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

Back

personification

Front

The series of events that take place. It's the action of the story

Back

plot

Front

The time and place in which a story occurs

Back

setting

Front

The main problem or challenge faced by the characters in a story

Back

conflict

Front

The solution to the problem in a story

Back

resolution

Front

A repeated sound at the beginning of words

Back

alliteration

Front

A word that imitates a sound

Back

onomatopoeia