ELA Terms to Know
Jalynn Powell
Connotation and Denotation
Connotation and denotation are two principles of methods describing the meanings of words. Connotation refers to the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word. Denotation refers to the strict definition of the word.
Point of View: First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient
Point of view is the place in which the write listens and views. First Person narrative is often used for detective fiction, so that the reader and narrator uncover the case together. Second person is a point of view (how a story is told) which the narrator tells the story to another character using 'you'. Third person omniscient is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the character in the story, as opposed to third person limited, which adheres closely to one character's perspective.
Simile and Metaphor
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way. Metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or objects that are poles apart from each other but have some characteristics common between them.
Types of Poetry: lyric, epic, narrative
Lyric poem is a comparatively short, non-narrative poem in which a single speaker presents a state of mind or an emotional state.Lyric poetry retains some of the elements of song which is said to be its origin: For Greek writers the lyric was a song accompanied by the lyre. Narrative poetry gives a verbal representation, in verse, of a sequence of connected events, it propels characters through a plot. It is always told by a narrator. Narrative poems might tell of a love story (like Tennyson's Maud), the story of a father and son (like Wordsworth's Michael) or the deeds of a hero or heroine (like Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel). Epics usually operate on a large scale, both in length and topic, such as the founding of a nation (Virgil’s Aeneid) or the beginning of world history (Milton'sParadise Lost), they tend to use an elevated style of language and supernatural beings take part in the action.
Commonplace assertion, opinion, fact
Common place assertion is a claim that a person makes but cannot always prove. An opinion is based on a belief or feeling on what seems true or probable.