Essential ELA Terms

6. Literal meaning of a word
7. The atmosphere or emotion in a text, created by the author's attitude.
8. The character that stands directly opposed to the main character.
9. When someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and could reply.
11. To give human characteristics to something that is not human.
14. perspective from which a story is told.
16. The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action.
19. A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.
20. The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements. (Sentence structure)
21. Specific word choice intended to convey a certain effect.
24. An extended metaphor, in which objects and people represent something larger than their literal meaning.
25. A reference; usually to a mythology, literature, the Bible, or history.
26. A nicer, gentler way to say something; an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
27. A tool writers use to critique or point out a flaw in society, an organization or an individual.

1. The implied or associative meaning of a word
2. The central/ main character.
3. The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound.
4. A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words "like" or "as."
5. A part of speech with a non-literal meaning which is particular to a group of speakers or a region.
10. The writer or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail.
12. The deliberate use of any element of language more than once - sound, word, phrase, sentence, grammatical pattern, or rhythmical pattern.
13. A comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as."
15. The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words. Ex: Roy the boy liked that toy
17. A contradiction that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression
18. Descriptive words and phrases that create a vivid picture in the reader's mind; usually appeals to one of the five sense.
22. A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration
23. A scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event.
28. The central message of a literary work - the idea the author wishes to convey about the subject.