ELA Vocabulary

3. conversation between characters in a narrative- must use quotation marks
6. the type of figurative language that gives human qualities to nonhuman things
8. the main idea of a text
10. the moral or message of the story
12. the most exciting part of a narrative that shows a turning point
14. the ending part of a narrative where you close out the story
15. using sequential transitions and key events to retell a story
17. a type of essay where the purpose is to entertain, but include real information
19. the last sentence in an explanatory or argumentative introduction paragraph that gives 3 main ideas
20. the first three sentences of an explanatory or argumentative introduction paragraph

1. the type of figurative language that is an exaggeration
2. the type of marks that you use around evidence when you cite word for word from a text
4. a type of figurative language that is a well known phrase
5. words such as and, but, or, so that connect two sentences
7. a type of essay where the purpose is to explain or inform
9. a describing word for a noun
11. a type of figurative language where you compare two unlike things saying one thing is another
13. a type of essay where the purpose is to persuade or argue
16. a type of figurative language where you compare two unlike things using "like" or "as"
18. the beginning part of a narrative where you introduce characters and setting