ELA Terms

What part of speech describes a noun?

• adjective

• pronoun

• noun

• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea?

• pronoun

• noun

• verb

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What part of speech is an action or state of being?

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What part of speech can take the place of a noun?

• adjective

• noun

• verb

• pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which term is the turning point of a story?

• plot

• falling action

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which term is the solution to the problem in a story?

• climax

• rising action

• exposition

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which term is the events near the end of a story when the author describes how the conflict was solved?

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which term is the sequence of events that make up a story?

• resolution

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as?"

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language directly compares two unlike things?

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4