ELA

Question 1

tools and techniques a writer uses to engage a reader

Answer 1

Author’s craft

Question 2

a message or lesson you can learn from a story

Answer 2

theme

Question 3

a statement supported by evidence

Answer 3

thesis

Question 4

the way a person feels at a particular time

Answer 4

mood

Question 5

an opposing point of view in a persuasive essay

Answer 5

counter argument

Question 6

the way things are seen from a particular point of view

Answer 6

perspective

Question 7

source of information that was created at the time under study

Answer 7

primary source

Question 8

source of information is one that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you’re researching.

Answer 8

secondary source

Question 9

to use the words of someone else; quote

Answer 9

cite

Question 10

believable, trustworth

Answer 10

credible

Question 11

to restate the main points

Answer 11

summarize

Question 12

describing something by comparing it to something else (similes, metaphors, etc.)

Answer 12

figurative language

Question 13

talk between two or more people as part of a book, play, or movie

Answer 13

dialogue

Question 14

rules of grammar and punctuation

Answer 14

conventions

Question 15

a particular type, sort, or category of text

Answer 15

genre

Question 16

to separate into parts for close study; examine

Answer 16

analyze

Question 17

an idea or conclusion that’s drawn from evidence and reasoning

Answer 17

inference

Question 18

a reading, viewing, or listening public

Answer 18

audience

Question 19

a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes

Answer 19

personification

Question 20

the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as our own

Answer 20

plagiarism

Question 21

a phrase that cannot be understood by understanding the meaning of each of its words

Answer 21

idiom

Question 22

to cause to do something by using strong reasons

Answer 22

persuade

Question 23

the story line or order of events in a book, play, or movie

Answer 23

plot

Question 24

parts of a text not in the main body (i.e., table of contents, headings, glossary, index, etc.)

Answer 24

text features

Question 25

the main point of a text

Answer 25

main idea

Question 26

to form a picture in the mind

Answer 26

visualize

Question 27

retelling of a past event interrupting the story

Answer 27

flashback

Question 28

the main character in a literary work

Answer 28

protagonist

Question 29

a person who fights against another; an enemy or competitor

Answer 29

antagonist

Question 30

a hint about something that will happen in the future

Answer 30

foreshadowing.