ELA Vocabulary from Unit 4

4. The purposeful repetition of beginning consonant letters.
10. A section where the writer recognizes and thanks people or organizations.
13. Purposeful word choices that an author makes while writing.
16. An emotional appeal to get the audience to feel
17. The time and place where a story happens.
18. essay Work of nonfiction that uses words to paint a vivid picture of a subject.
19. How the author feels about the subject he or she is writing about
20. theme Themes that relate to people of all times and places.
22. Words that appeal to the five senses.
25. An appeal based on the authority or credentials of the speaker.

1. letter A letter used to conduct business, like to make a complaint or an official request.
2. The sequence of events in a story.
3. A type of fictional story that explains the actions of divine beings or the origins of natural phenomena for a specific culture
5. Documentation of a writer's facts or evidence
6. Using someone else's words or ideas as your own.
7. An appeal to logic or reason, like facts or statistics
8. What an author is trying to accomplish in a particular piece of writing.
9. The arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence.
11. Brief, complete overview of a text, in order, without personal opinions.
12. Words that sound like the noise they refer to like buzz or bang
14. A message or an insight about life
15. poetry Poetry that is short, sounds musical, and expresses emotions
21. The voice that tells a poem.
23. An atmosphere that evokes feelings in readers through the author's word choices
24. report An expository text that explains a topic using facts from a variety of sources.