2020-2021 ELA Test Prep Review

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

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

Time and place of a story

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

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

A conversation between characters

What is another word for PERSUADE?

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

Genre with informational facts

The sequence of events in a literary work

A character who changes during the story

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

The message or moral in a story

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

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

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

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

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

The turning point or high point in a story