Language Arts Semester Review

What part of the plot is responsible for developing the conflict?

A word whose sound is its meaning is

If you don't know what a word means, you should use the context clues to determine the meaning.

A story set in a modern time period with fictional characters that face everyday conflicts is

Another name for a play is called a drama.

Giving human qualities and characteristics to something not human is

Middle school students take a STAAR test in reading AND writing.

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"

Character traits are adjectives that describe the character's personality.

The struggle or problem in a story is ...

To define a word you should use a

The message about life that the author wants to reader to learn after reading his/her work is

The plot has 3 stages.

A comparison between two different things using like or as

A fictional & realistic puzzling event/crime that needs to be solved by the characters is

The part of the plot that follows the climax is called the....

Words at top of dictionary page are...

The first part of the plot is called

Words that appeal to the readers five senses is called

He wears his heart on his sleeve.

Which part of the plot diagram is responsible for introducing the characters and the setting?

Which point of view will use the pronouns his, her, them?

The last part of the plot diagram is called the

The perspective from which the story is told...

An account of a conversation or action that happened before the beginning of the story is ...

The highest point of action of the story is called the

An autobiography is a story of someone's life told by someone else's perspective.

When the reader guesses what will happen next is an example of

When & where a story takes place is....

The technique of hinting about events to come later in the story is called...

Poetry is written in lines and stanzas.

When the reader forms mental pictures about a text's setting, characters and events

Betty bought butter. This is an example of...

A world that never was and never could be. It uses imaginative characters and settings is ...

Figurative language is writing/speech not meant to be taken literal & will enhance literature.

How an author creates characters based upon their description, actions, dialogue is...

"Time is money" is an example of ...

"Opportunity knocked on the door" is an example of..

Another name is the exposition is the introduction.

This involves checking what you are reading to help with understanding.

a direct comparison between two different things NOT using like or as

Anything that represents itself and something else

The 4 types of conflict are...

This genre of literature is based upon true facts. Nothing can be made up about the subject.

"The world is my oyster" is an example of ...

The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words is

Text to self; text to world; text to text are part of which Good Reader Strategy?

"It's raining cats and dogs."

When a question pops up in the readers head, he or she is

Which point of view uses the pronouns I, me, we?