ELA Terms To Know

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What is a 'source'?

Back

Where information (text, video, audio, etc) comes from.

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What is 'connotation'?

Back

The feeling of the word (positive or negative).

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What is 'tone' in a story?

Back

How the author or character is feeling.

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What is a 'simile'?

Back

A comparison that uses 'like' or 'as'.

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What is the 'theme' of a text?

Back

The moral or lesson that could apply to anyone.

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What is a 'metaphor'?

Back

A comparison that does NOT use 'like' or 'as'.

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What is 'imagery'?

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

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What is 'foreshadowing'?

Back

Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

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What is 'alliteration'?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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What is 'personification'?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.