ELA VOCAB

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of the beginning sounds of two or more words.

Question 2

Annotate

Answer 2

Take small notes or mark up the text.

Question 3

Audience

Answer 3

The people that the book or text is written for

Question 4

Author’s Purpose

Answer 4

The reason the author wrote the book, essay, etc.

Question 5

Characterization

Answer 5

Bringing characters to life

Question 6

Cite Evidence

Answer 6

Taking details from the text to support your own answer

Question 7

Conflict

Answer 7

A problem or disagreement

Question 8

Context-Clues

Answer 8

Clues in a story that will give you more information on an unfamiliar word.

Question 9

Dialogue

Answer 9

Quotes, speech in a text, or when people are having a conversation.

Question 10

Flashback

Answer 10

An old memory or event.

Question 11

Foreshadowing

Answer 11

When the author gives hints about what will happen later on

Question 12

Gist

Answer 12

The main idea of text/short summary

Question 13

Idiom

Answer 13

An expression where the words don’t match the meaning

Question 14

Imagery

Answer 14

When the author uses words to put a picture in our heads.

Question 15

Inference

Answer 15

A conclusion based on the text.

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

The opposite of what is expected

Question 17

Hyperbole

Answer 17

Exaggerated statements. They don’t actually mean it.

Question 18

Main Idea

Answer 18

A main idea is the author’s message to the readers

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

Figurative speech/comparison of two things without using the words like or as.

Question 20

Mood

Answer 20

The way the author makes the reader feel

Question 21

Moral

Answer 21

An overall lesson

Question 22

Motive

Answer 22

Reason why characters do things.

Question 23

Narrator

Answer 23

Someone who’s telling the story from a first person’s point of view.

Question 24

Onomatopoeia

Answer 24

Describing of sounds/ sound words

Question 25

Personification

Answer 25

Imaginary things that are being represented as humans.

Question 26

Plot

Answer 26

Storyline or events in the story.

Question 27

Setting

Answer 27

Where the story takes place

Question 28

Simile

Answer 28

Comparing two different things.

Question 29

Summary

Answer 29

A retell the story with only the most important parts.

Question 30

Symbolism

Answer 30

Words that represent a meaning.

Question 31

Theme

Answer 31

A life lesson on the story

Question 32

Voice

Answer 32

The tone in the story