ELA Vocabulary

clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• inference/infer

• foreshadow

• context clues

• alliteration

a division or type of literature (categories for books)

• genre

• conflict

• free verse

• procedural

a conversation between two people

• convey

• inference/infer

• personification

• dialogue

comparison without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

• free verse

• rhyme scheme

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia

instructions for actors & stage crew, written in italics

• author's purpose

• convey

• stage directions

• procedural

where and when the story takes place

• theme

• setting

• conflict

• origin

the problem in the story

• plot

• conflict

• resolution

• theme

finding the solution to a problem

• conflict

• apologizing

• procedural

• resolution

what a piece of writing is mainly about

• theme

• plot

• summary

• main idea