ELA Basics

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What is the lesson the author wants you to learn?

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Theme: The central idea or message in a story.

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Where does a story take place in time and location?

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Setting: The time and place in which a story occurs.

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What is the problem in the story known as?

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Conflict: The struggle between opposing forces in a story.

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What do we call it when words, symbols, themes, or other parts of the story are repeated?

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Repetition: The use of the same elements multiple times for emphasis.

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What is a scene in the story that occurred before the present time?

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Flashback: A scene that interrupts the current action to show an event from the past.

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What is the perspective from which a story is told?

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Point of View: The vantage point from which the story is narrated.

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What is the sequence of events in a story called?

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Plot: The structured sequence of events that make up a story.

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What do we call the emotional atmosphere of a story?

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Mood: The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

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What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile: A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a hint about what will happen later in the story?

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Foreshadowing: A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.