ELA Writing Terms

A type of literature or writing

• Genre
• Connotation
• Personification
• Generalization

When an inanimate object or animal is given human characteristics.

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

A play on words

• Genre
• Pun
• Hyperbole
• Personification

The feelings associated with a word

• Denotation
• Narration
• Connotation
• Paradox

Words spoken to God or to oneself in a story.

• Dialogue
• Soliloquy
• Antagonist
• Narration

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

• Flashback
• Narration
• Flash forward 
• Falling action

The bad guy

• Paradox
• Protagonist
• Personification
• Antagonist

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

• Pun
• Idiom
• Antagonist
• Hyperbole

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

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

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

• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Connotation
• Paradox