7th Grade ELA Final Exam Review Guide

An autobiography is more _______ than a biography. 

A _________ is a person, place, thing, or idea. 

Good _____ choice is using specific and accurate word in writing. 

A proper nouns is a things ___________ name. 

Biographies and autobiographies are written in __________ order. 

The denotation of a word is the ____________ meaning. 

Details are used in reading selections to support the _____________.

I will study really hard for this test!

The team won the game.  (This is an example of a complex sentence. )

A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a ____. 

Memoirs are different from autobiographies because they include emotions. 

A ____________ sentence is two independent clauses joined with a comma, and a conjunction or  ;

A ___________ is a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence. 

The flowers danced in the breeze. This is an example of what type of figurative language

The connotation of a word is its ___________ meaning. 

Figurative language is written to create sentences. 

Her smile was bright like the sun. (this is an example of..)

Poets use ___ breaks to distinguish a poem from a paragraph. 

A __________________ is missing a subject, verb, or complete thought. 

Poems are written to touch the reader's _____________.

______ details are used to create images for the reader. 

______ is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. 

_________ verse poems do not follow any rules

Chronological order is the order of events in time.

Personification gives _____________ qualities to non-human things. 

A ______ sentence is one independent clause joined with one or more dependent clauses. 

_______ is a comparison of two unlike things with something in common. Uses words; is, am, are

A ____ is a comparison of two unlike things with something in common; & uses words like/as. 

A group of sentences strung together without proper punctuation is a _________ sentence. 

A factual account of a person's life written by the subject is a(n)

Pointy pencils poke holes in paper. (this is an example of ..)

Characters who must choose between good & evil are an example of

A topic sentence comes ________ in a paragraph. 

We won the game, and we celebrated!  (this is an example of a compound sentence)

A ______ sentence is one independent clause. 

Groups of lines in a poems are called

A(n) ____________ clause can stand alone as a sentence. 

A dependent clause can NOT stand alone. 

He is a hurricane in action. (this is an example of..)

All ideas in writing must refer to the topic and its details. 

Prewriting is important because it helps writers organize & develop ideas. 

After we ran home, we rested on the porch. (this is an example of a complex sentence)