ELA Test Prep Review

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

A character who changes during the story

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

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

Mrs. Ha's students will try their best on the test!

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

A character who stays the same during the story

Genre with informational facts

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A conversation between characters

The message or moral in a story

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

Time and place of a story

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

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

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

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

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