ELA Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. An account of a person's life written by that person.
  2. 7. a word or phrase that links different ideas; effectively signals a shift from one idea to another
  3. 8. a statement that can be proven true
  4. 10. Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
  5. 11. An statement that needs to be proven by evidence.
  6. 13. Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.
  7. 14. A little story or small piece of information
  8. 16. Incident event that introduces the central conflict
  9. 18. Major divisions in a play
  10. 23. Action the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
  11. 24. Any writing that is not poetry
  12. 25. Inform This is when the author wants to teach you something new.
  13. 27. Repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word.
  14. 31. A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
  15. 32. a group of lines in a poem or song that constitute a division (in prose: paragraph)
  16. 36. Sequence of events in a story
  17. 37. A comparison using "like" or "as"
  18. 40. writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses
  19. 42. Message The author's main idea, theme, or lesson expressed in a text.
  20. 44. Entertain This is when the author wants you to respond on an emotional level.
  21. 45. A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time
  22. 47. writing that tells a story
  23. 50. Language Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
  24. 52. The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
  25. 53. A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Down
  1. 1. Relationship between words: synonym, definition, antonym, etc.
  2. 2. Trait A quality that demonstrates how a person thinks, feels, and acts.
  3. 3. Idea What the passage is mostly about
  4. 4. writing that tells about real people, places, and events
  5. 5. A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.
  6. 9. the resolution of the conflict in a story's plot; a final outcome
  7. 12. A force working against the main character, usually another character.
  8. 15. (v.) to finish; to bring something to an end; to decide after careful thought
  9. 17. Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
  10. 19. A summary based on evidence or facts.
  11. 20. Techniques These are ways that someone tries to convince you to do something. Bandwagon; testimonial; loaded words; appeal to vanity; appeal to fear.
  12. 21. Title; chapter heading; text under illustration
  13. 22. Purpose The reason why the author wrote the text.
  14. 26. Directions an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
  15. 28. express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
  16. 29. inform, To persuade, To explain, or To entertain
  17. 30. Populum Tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it.
  18. 33. Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
  19. 34. A personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
  20. 35. Story of a person's life written by another person.
  21. 38. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
  22. 39. and Effect The reason something happens and the result of it happening.
  23. 41. a narrative form, such as an epic, legend, myth, song, poem, or fable, that has been retold within a culture for generations
  24. 43. (Central Idea) the main or basic idea of literary selection; a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a written work
  25. 46. To separate or break into parts and examine
  26. 48. A comparison without using like or as
  27. 49. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
  28. 51. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning