ELA Writing Terms

A type of literature or writing

• Genre
• Connotation
• Personification
• Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When an inanimate object or animal is given human characteristics.

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A play on words

• Genre
• Pun
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The feelings associated with a word

• Denotation
• Narration
• Connotation
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Words spoken to God or to oneself in a story.

• Dialogue
• Soliloquy
• Antagonist
• Narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

When a story relives a previous moment, like a memory, dream, etc

• Flashback
• Narration
• Flash forward 
• Falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The bad guy

• Paradox
• Protagonist
• Personification
• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An expression that does not have a literal meaning. Ex: It's raining cats and dogs.

• Pun
• Idiom
• Antagonist
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When a character is fighting against his/her hopes and dreams.

• Rising action
• Falling action
• Internal conflict
• External conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A statement that seems true and not true at the same time. Ex: Everything I say is a lie.

• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Connotation
• Paradox