ELA Keystone Vocab

Words that provide connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs is...

• transitional words

• introduction

• noun

• verb

the act of retelling main ideas of a text in a shorter version, using your own words

• body paragraph

• summarize

• subject

• noun

the main idea or message that a writer explores in a story

• imperative

• draft

• theme

• greeting

Which word means an exaggeration or overstatement?

• Allusion

• Literary Device

• Hyperbole

• Motif

Which word means a conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work or the speech of characters in a drama?

• Motif

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

• Dialogue

What is the best definition of imagery?

• Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions

• The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as 

• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.
  

• A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work

Which word is a synonym for the word inquisitive?

• pushy

• curious

• amiable 

• observant

What is a transition?

• An idea of conclusion that is drawn from evidence and reasoning

• Words that help connect or link ideas, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs

• The most important point of the message the author wants to share

• A story, description, or account of events

Which word means the use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning or a disconnect between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result?

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Irony

the person, place, or thing that the sentence is about

• detail

• subject

• fact

• topic