ELA Terms

A category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content.

• Point of View

• Personification

• Claim

• Genre

A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

• Adjective

• Bias

• Figurative language

• Idiom

An opinion formed or a decision made after consideration

• Context clues

• Claim

• Quotation

• Judgment

What a piece of writing is mainly about

• Main idea

• Hyperbole

• External conflict

• Biography

A person, place, thing, or idea

• Noun

• Clause

• Foreshadow

• Antagonist

An account of someone's life written by someone else

• Redundancy

• Biography

• Point of View

• Wordiness

Words and phrases used to introduce evidence in formal writing

• Protagonist

• Personification

• Evidence-Based Terms

• Visualize

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• Verb

• Figurative language

• Complications

• Inference

The essential techniques used in literature (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme).

• Literary elements

• Author's Purpose

• Phrase

• Key details

the main character in a literary work

• Dialogue

• Interjection

• Literary elements

• Protagonist