ELA Test Prep Review

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

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

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

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

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

A character who changes during the story

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

The message or moral in a story

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

Genre with informational facts

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

A speaker or character who tells a story

Time and place of a story

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

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

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

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

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

A conversation between characters

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

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

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

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

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

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

Struggle between opposing forces

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

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

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

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

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

The sequence of events in a literary work