ELA Test Prep Review

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

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

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

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

I will try my best on the test!

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

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

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Time and place of a story

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

A character who changes during the story

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

A conversation between characters

Genre with informational facts

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

The sequence of events in a literary work

The message or moral in a story

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

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

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else