ELA Reading FSA Practice

A reference to another work of art, literature, history, or popular culture

Giving life-like qualities to non-living or non-human entities

Which of the following is not an external conflict?

A recurring image, character, or object in a story that has significant meaning

The character/force that creates tension for the main character in a story; source of conflict

When a writer uses the same grammatical structures in words and phrases in a sentence

The concluding portion of a story during which most conflicts are resolved/the story ends

An educated guess based on text details and life experience

Point of view that uses pronouns such as I, me, we

Type of irony in which the audience knows something that the character does not

The turning point in a story

Sound effects; words that are spelled to reflect the sounds they create

the atmosphere that is created in a story through a writer's choice of literary devices

Descriptive or vivid language that creates a picture in the reader's mind

the narrator's/speaker's identity; created through the author's use of literary devices/style

the arrangement of words and phrases in a text; the sentences structures a writer uses

a conflict that a character is dealing with intrinsically, such as a decision, anxiety, or fear

"The rosemary nods upon the grave; the lily lolls upon the wave"

Point of view with pronouns such as him, her, they; only one character's thoughts are revealed

An object or item with deeper, significant meaning

The way that an author portrays a character's personality through dialogue, description, etc.

the introduction to a story during which pertinent background information is revealed

When a character says something but means something else

Presenting opposing objects next to each other to create a dramatic effect (fire, ice)

When a writer breaks from the current plot events to reflect back to a previous event

An author's word choice; words used for a specific effect

"Death has reared himself a throne in a strong city lying alone"

A common saying that is not intended literally

Positive or negative feelings associated with a word

The speaker's attitude toward story events; emotions/how the narrator sounds

Similar sounds created at the beginnings of words

The main lesson that can be gleaned from a text

"I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth."

Similar to the concept of "theme," but the main point that is conveyed throughout a text

A writer's primary stance on an issue in a text

the opposite of what is expected occurs in a story (Fortunato's name means "lucky" but he dies)

Point of view that uses he/she but reveals thoughts/feelings of multiple characters

"A single dim ray, like the thread of a spider, shot out from the crevice"

when an author gives hints that point toward future events

Point of view typically used in instructional texts; speaker directly addresses reader(s)