ELA Terms to Know

First Person Point of View

• A character is telling the story; I, me, my

• An outside voice is telling the story (not someone in the story) and the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

• The narrator tells the story to another character using “you”

• An outside voice is telling the story (not someone in the story) and the narrator knows everything about all characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Flashback

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• Clues or hints about what will happen next.

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).

• The time, place, and location of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Foreshadowing

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• Clues or hints about what will happen next.

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).

• The time, place, and location of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Imagery

• A group of words that appeal to one or more of the senses.

• An overstatement

• The repetition of the same consonant sound

• A comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Inference

• The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature.

• How an author organizes information.

• How an author organizes information.

• An educated guess supported by evidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Metaphor

• A comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).

• Clues or hints about what will happen next.

• A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Mood

• The main point that the author is making.

• The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature.

• The author’s attitude toward the subject they are writing.

• A story’s main message or moral.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Objective Summary

• The author’s attitude toward the subject they are writing.

• The main point that the author is making.

• A short statement or paragraph that tells what an article is about and does not include your opinions and feelings.

• How an author organizes information.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Onomatopoeia

• The repetition of the same consonant sound

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• Figurative language that you can hear. (sound words)

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Personification

• Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• A comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”

• A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• A recreation of an earlier time in a story (like a memory).

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4