ELA Exam Vocabulary Terms

the repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of a word

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

over exaggeration

• assonance

• hyperbole

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

repetition of a vowel sound

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

THEME

• the summary of a work of literature

• the idea about life expressed in a work of literature

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

MOOD

• emotional effect on reader

• author's attitude toward subject

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

TONE

• author's attitude toward the subject

• emotional effect in the reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

• a contrast between what happens and what is expected

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a contrast between what is said and what is meant

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a contrast between what a character thinks to be true and what the reader knows to be true

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

occurs when the author interrupts a story to recreate the events that occurred at an earlier time

• hyperbole

• flashback

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5