ELA Literary Terms and Concepts

When consonant sounds are repeated at the beginning of words

• Climax

• Antagonist

• Flashback

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The reason something happens and the result of it happening.

• Cause & Effect

• Foreshadowing

• Idiom

• Mataphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the turning part in a story called?

• Dialogue

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What are hints called that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word?

• Hyperbole

• Inference

• Climax

• Context Clue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the beginning of a story where setting, characters, and conflicts are introduced?

• Exposition

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

What is a method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Protagonist

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A big exaggeration to emphasize something in a passage is called what?

• Idiom

• Mood

• Hyperbole

• Chronological Order

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence found in writing is called what?

• Inference

• Plot

• Antagonist

• Internal Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is it called when you compare to unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a word that imitates the sound it represents called?

• Onomatopoeia

• Exposition

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5