Quizlet ELA Glossary - Part 1

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  1. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
  2. Alliteration:: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
  3. Allusion: An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event.
  4. Allusion:: An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event.
  5. Analysis: The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
  6. Analysis:: The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
  7. Antonym:: A word that is the opposite of another word.
  8. Characterization: The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.
  9. Characterization:: The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.
  10. Compare:: Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections.
  11. Context clues:: Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words.
  12. Conventions of language:: Mechanics, usage and sentence completeness.
  13. Evaluate: Examine and judge carefully.
  14. Evaluate:: Examine and judge carefully.
  15. Figurative language:: Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
  16. Fluency:: The clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas. Freedom from word-identification problems which might hinder comprehension in silent reading or the expression of ideas in oral reading.
  17. Focus: The center of interest or attention.
  18. Focus:: The center of interest or attention.
  19. Genre: A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).
  20. Genre:: A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).