OST ELA

a word that has the same meaning (big: large)

• synonym

• antonym

• figurative word

• connotative word

a word that has opposite meaning (big: small)

• synonym

• antonym

• figurative word

• connotative word

to describe

• figurative word

• technical word

• connotative word

• modify

not literal meaning

• modify

• antonym

• figurative language

• technical word

repeating a word or words or saying the same thing over again.

• biased

• redundant

• objective

• biased

the main idea or lesson of a literary passage

• plot

• summary

• theme

• central idea

main events of a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• plot

• central idea

• theme

• summary

main point the author is making (short)

• plot

• theme

• sumary

• central idea

the reason a person writes a passage or text (explain, inform, entertain, persuade)

• central idea

• author's purpose

• objective

• biased

the opinion or way the speaker/author/character sees something.

• point of view

• objective

• summary

• bias