ELA Final Review

The use of an object to represent a concept

• Metaphor

• Plot

• Symbolism

• Climax

Location and time where story takes place

• Theme

• Setting

• Inference

• Conflict

A conclusion that is made by reader using textual evidence and background knowledge

• Inference

• Plot

• Summary

• Resolution

People or animals in the story

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Characters

Retelling of main events of a story in a shorter version

• Resolution

• Summary

• Metaphor

• Exposition

Problem or challenge in the story that must be overcome

• Inciting Incident

• Conflict

• Theme

• Falling Action

A figure of speech that compares two unlike thing by directly stating one is the other

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Plot

• Comparison

Key Events that happen during the story; may include a conflict

• Setting

• Climax

• Plot

• Background

The way the conflict or problem is solved in the story

• Climax

• Exposition

• Theme

• Resolution

Real-World life lessons that a story teaches the reader

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Inference

• Characters