ELA Test Prep

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

The sequence of events in a story

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

Genre with informational facts

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

A conversation between characters

The turning point or high point in a story

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

A speaker or character who tells a story

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

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

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

The message or moral in a story

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

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

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

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

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

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

Struggle between opposing forces

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

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

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

Time and place of a story

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

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

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