7th Grade Language Arts Review

A struggle between a character and an outside force

Identify the adverbs: I moved slowly, but I will get it finished later.

consists of the ideas and feelings that the word brings to mind

a brief statement that presents only the central ideas and most important details of a text.

What type of clause: When raindrops fall, it sounds like music.

Purpose for reading

conversation between two characters

What caused them to be afraid?

Promote

tries to solve the conflict but faces obstacles that prevent an easy solution

Identify the infinitive: Weasels like to eat ducklings.

What part of speech tells the name of a person, place of thing?

Don't jump to conclusions about people.

Synonym for the word: dismal

Life is a bowl of cherries.

the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of words

lines organized in units of meaning

making an intelligent judgment about what will happen next in a story based on text details

What are elements of nonfiction?

To: inform, persuade, entertain, teach

Today I talk.

What is an example of literary nonfiction?

takes place within the mind of a character (struggles to make a decision/take action/overcome)

Studying hard is a good strategy for passing a test.

joins the subject of a sentence with a word or phrase that describes or renames the subejct

me, us, you, him, her, it, them

Carter discovered a buried staircase that led to a sealed tomb. Context clue for "sealed":

I went to the store and found Becky in the baking aisle getting flour.

The narrator is a character who participates in the story.

expository, persuasive, narrative, descriptive, reflective, humorous, analytical

use a comma:

My love is like a red, red rose.

We have talked often.

An analogy shows the relationship between a pair of words or phrases

I browsed in the gift shop. What does the word "browsed" mean?

What type of text is a writing that tells a story?

He still loves Annabel Lee, even though she has died.

Identify the word that does not belong:

the use of words that imitate sounds

We planned a picnic, but it rained.

Identify the subject and predicate: Civil rights laws caused many positive changes.

Possessive Pronoun: a pronoun that shows possession or ownership

a figure of speech giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

What suffix means: without

The highest point of tension in a story

What is the verb: Kuo-Haya felt shy in front of the other boys.

a conclusion you draw about something that is not directly stated.

a long uninterrupted speech spoken by one character to another

What prefix means: wrong, not

The ______________ impact startled the driver.

The ___________ of the story is the time and place of the action.

The words and phrases surrounding a word that can help you understand a word you do not know?

I, we, you, he, she, it, they

Fiction texts often present a message about life called:

presents events in the order in which they happened

Pick the adjective: We saw Kathy's play and it included fifty actors.

descriptions of how something looks, sounds, feels, tastes, or smells

a noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it

plot

a writer's word choice and the way the writer puts those words together

Which sentence is written correctly?

What root means: to hear

historical period, physical location, season of the year, time of day, climate, weather

Recipes, directions, menus and applications are what form of nonfiction?

Preposition: Among their people, hording was considered shameful.

Jennifer Johnson, Phoenix, Pizza Hut

Which sentence contains an interjection?

A ____________ is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

Identify the word that does not belong:

They made snowballs and threw them at a young ____________ windshield.

What is the personal pronoun: When Margot talked about the sun, she came to life.

restatements, examples, definitions, and contrasting details are all tools called:

Which word is an antonym of communal?

Which choice is not a form of fiction?

The narrator is not a character in the story, but tells what each character thinks and feels.

Translucent means:

Irony: literary element that involves a contradiction or contrast of some kind

What is a theme called when it is expressed in many different cultures and time periods?

expression with a meaning that is different from the meaning of the actual words (idiom)

More is to increasing as less is to decreasing