ELA Test Prep Review

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Time and place of a story

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

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

A conversation between characters

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

Genre with informational facts

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

A character who stays the same during the story

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

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

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

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

A speaker or character who tells a story

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

A character who changes during the story

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

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

The message or moral in a story

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

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. 

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

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

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

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