ELA Content Vocabulary Review

Which statement best explains the difference between a first- and third-person narrator?

• A third-person narrator shares personal thoughts and feelings, while a first-person narrator shares the thoughts of others.

• A first-person narrator uses pronouns like I or we, while a third-person narrator uses pronouns such as he, she, and they.

• A third-person narrator tells a story from a personal point of view, while a first-person narrator uses an outsider's point of view.

• A first-person narrator describes all of the characters' points of view, but a third-person narrator does not.

Which best explains the metaphor in line 5?

1 A day at the park

2 Is just what we need!

3 Grassy sofas, leafy cushions,

4 Tall bark recliners,

5 Warm granite footstools,

6 Red flower carpets,

7 And glassy pond rugs, blue and white.

• People can prop their feet on rocks in the park.

• There are many granite rocks in the park.

• People think the park is full of rocks and footstools.

• The park has footstools.

Read the excerpt from "Creepy, Crawly Healers."

During a war in Europe in the early 1800s, doctors found soldiers with wounds crawling with maggots. They discovered that these soldiers survived more often than soldiers whose wounds were free of these creatures.

What is the most likely meaning of survived?

• were wounded

• remained alive

• were lively

• resisted difficulties

In a fiction story, plot means....

• characters
• events in a story
• setting
• main idea

An inference is..............

• the main idea
• An educated guess or conclusion 
• point of view
• the theme

Central idea is a synonym for............

• setting
•  character
• point of view
• main idea

Figurative language means..........

• language that the author uses in non-fiction
• The type of language an author uses in poetry by using symbols and exaggerations to describe normal events.
• language the author only uses in short stories
• language that is used every day.

An author's claim is..........

• only in fiction text.
• a central idea.
• a fact.
• his/her opinion or stance on something; their argument

Perspective is a synonym for _________and means___________

• point of view/how you see things
• setting/the time and place
• central idea/how you summarize
• mood/how you feel when you read a text

In a fiction story, climax is...........

• where the conflict starts to build in a story
• the beginning of the story where characters are introduced.
• the turning point, or part where either a character or event changes.
• the end of the story