ELA Terms to Know

A "quote" or "quotation" is...

• The words taken from the text EXACTLY as they were written

• What the author said in your own words

• What the text was mostly about

• How the text makes you feel

Develop ideas, illustrate, show, contribute, reveal ALL mean...

• Who worked together to write a text

• How an author comes up with their ideas

• What do the illustrations look like?

• How does a writer communicate their ideas

A metaphor is...

• A comparison that uses "like" or "as"

• A comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration

• The same sound being repeated multiple times

Alliteration

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

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

• The repetition of the same consonant sound

• An extreme exaggeration

Author’s Purpose

• How the reader observes the characters and events

• The reason the author writes

• An author’s choice and use of words.

• Something you can argue.

Cause

• Look for similarities

• Look for differences

• The event that makes something happen

• An educated guess supported by evidence

Central Idea

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

• A story’s main message or moral.

• How an author organizes information.

• The main point that the author is making.

Climax

• A conversation between two or more characters.

• The turning point in the story

• The events building suspense to the climax.

• The details that start the story

Conflict

• A conversation between two or more characters.

• An extreme exaggeration

• When a person or force opposes the protagonist.

• An educated guess supported by evidence

Contrast

• Look for similarities

• Look for differences

• The event that makes something happen

• What happens as a result of the cause