ELA VOCAB Flashcards
(32 cards)
Alliteration
The repetition of the beginning sounds of two or more words.
Annotate
Take small notes or mark up the text.
Audience
The people that the book or text is written for
Author’s Purpose
The reason the author wrote the book, essay, etc.
Characterization
Bringing characters to life
Cite Evidence
Taking details from the text to support your own answer
Conflict
A problem or disagreement
Context-Clues
Clues in a story that will give you more information on an unfamiliar word.
Dialogue
Quotes, speech in a text, or when people are having a conversation.
Flashback
An old memory or event.
Foreshadowing
When the author gives hints about what will happen later on
Gist
The main idea of text/short summary
Idiom
An expression where the words don’t match the meaning
Imagery
When the author uses words to put a picture in our heads.
Inference
A conclusion based on the text.
Irony
The opposite of what is expected
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements. They don’t actually mean it.
Main Idea
A main idea is the author’s message to the readers
Metaphor
Figurative speech/comparison of two things without using the words like or as.
Mood
The way the author makes the reader feel
Moral
An overall lesson
Motive
Reason why characters do things.
Narrator
Someone who’s telling the story from a first person’s point of view.
Onomatopoeia
Describing of sounds/ sound words
