ELA Terms to Know

First Person Point of View

• A character is telling the story; I, me, my

• An outside voice is telling the story (not someone in the story) and the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

• The narrator tells the story to another character using “you”

• An outside voice is telling the story (not someone in the story) and the narrator knows everything about all characters.

Flashback

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• Clues or hints about what will happen next.

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).

• The time, place, and location of a story.

Foreshadowing

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• Clues or hints about what will happen next.

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).

• The time, place, and location of a story.

Imagery

• A group of words that appeal to one or more of the senses.

• An overstatement

• The repetition of the same consonant sound

• A comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”

Inference

• The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature.

• How an author organizes information.

• How an author organizes information.

• An educated guess supported by evidence

Metaphor

• A comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).

• Clues or hints about what will happen next.

• A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

Mood

• The main point that the author is making.

• The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature.

• The author’s attitude toward the subject they are writing.

• A story’s main message or moral.

Objective Summary

• The author’s attitude toward the subject they are writing.

• The main point that the author is making.

• A short statement or paragraph that tells what an article is about and does not include your opinions and feelings.

• How an author organizes information.

Onomatopoeia

• The repetition of the same consonant sound

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• Figurative language that you can hear. (sound words)

Personification

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• A comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”

• A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).