English Lessons 6-9 Terms Flashcards
a person, animal, or other creature that takes part in the action of a story, or a poem
character
the parts of a play including acts, scenes stage directions, dialogue, and a cast of characters
elements of drama
a word, or a phrase that means something other than its dictionary definition such as a simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, idiom, or an onomatopoeia
figurative language
an educated guess that’s based on evidence in a text, and what you already know
inference
the series of related events that build towards the climax of a story
plot
the message/moral of a story that an author shows/tells the reader
theme
the main part of a word
root
the most important idea in a text
central idea
a letter, or letters that are placed at the beginning, or the ending of a word to modify its meaning
affix
the main reason that an author has for writing a text, such as things like persuading, informing, entertaining, teaching, expressing, or explaining
author’s purpose
a word, or a phrase near an unknown word that can help the reader determine the unknown word’s meaning
context clues
a chart, graph, map, time line, or diagram, that helps the reader understand a text
graphic
a figure or a formula that’s used to simplify elements, or terms, to make them understandable to scientists around the world/globe
science symbol
to restate the main parts of a text
summarize
the groups of lines in a poem
stanza
