ELA TERMS

2. a figure of speech that uses exaggerated statements
3. THE ELA QUEEN
5. A series of events that give a story meaning
7. The specific details
9. The author hints whats going to happen later in the story
10. The authors attitude towards a subject
13. Words that start with the same sound
14. the prevailing atmosphere or emotional feeling a writer creates in a piece of writing, aiming to elicit a specific response from the reader
15. Where a story takes place
16. the use of objects, people, places, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond their literal meaning
17. The first sentence of a paragraph
18. technique where human qualities, traits, or characteristics are attributed to something non-human,
19. An individual depicted in a written story

1. After evidence
4. a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
6. The meaning an author is trying to convey through a story
8. a situation where there is a contrast between reality and expectations
11. a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
12. the use of words that imitate or mimic the sounds of the things they describe or the action they represent
17. The struggle between opposing forces around which the story is created