ELA Test Prep Review

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

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

Genre with informational facts

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

Time and place of a story

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

A character who stays the same during the story

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

A conversation between characters

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

The message or moral in a story

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

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

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

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

A character who changes during the story

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)