ELA terms

two words that have the same meaning

• synonym

• alliteration

• antonym

• personification

the central idea or message of a story

• infer

• narrarator

• plot

• theme

words that mean the opposite of eachother

• metaphor

• synonym

• similie

• antonym

who or what the story is about

• chronological order

• persuasive

• main idea

• genre

the reason the author is writing

• author's purpose

• point of view

• playwright

• main idea

finding the solution to the problem

• plot

• resolution

• persuasive

• sequence

the problem in the story

• conflict

• resolution

• main idea

• setting

the following of one event after another

• sequence

• context clues

• chronological order

• similie

the type of reading or story

• topic

• theme

• genre

• main idea

where and when the story takes place

• stanza

• theme

• setting

• genre