ELA Vocabulary

3. The literal or primary meaning of a word.
4. To give a brief statement of the main points.
5. To find similarities.
10. The central topic or idea explored in a text.
11. To draw a conclusion based on evidence.
12. To find differences.
15. Information that supports a claim.
16. A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together.
17. To examine in detail.
19. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words.

1. An assertion of the truth of something.
2. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
5. An idea or feeling that a word invokes.
6. Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
7. A figure of speech that describes an object or action as something else.
8. A spoken or written account of connected events.
9. A reason or set of reasons given to persuade others.
13. A comparison using "like" or "as".
14. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
18. Open to more than one interpretation.