ELA State Test Prep Review

A person, object or action that represents something else

Time and place of a story

Which type of conflict is this? Batman tries to capture the Joker.

The sequence of events in a literary work

The use of words to imitate sounds (bang, pow, pop...)

When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past

A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology

The narrator is NOT in the story and knows EVERYONE'S thoughts and feelings

The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

The narrator is NOT in the story and only knows ONE person's thoughts and feelings

Identify the adjective: No one wanted to live by the smelly landfill.

The message or moral in a story

Struggle between opposing forces

The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

The turning point or high point in a story

Which type of conflict is this? Sam got arrested for stealing a car.

Which type of conflict is this? Another classmate is spreading rumors about you.

A conversation between characters

Which type of conflict is this? I went skiing and there was an avalanche.

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A speaker or character who tells a story

A character who changes during the story

A well-developed character- you know a lot about them

Genre with informational facts

I am going to do my best on the state test!

The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Identify the nouns: Mrs. Cooper is our school secretary.

Identify the verb(s): I ran like the wind today.

When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story

The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about

Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.

The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)

A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a story

Adjectives? An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.

A character who stays the same during the story