6 and 7 ELA State Test Prep Review

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

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

What is the writing strategy to answer a short response?

The sequence of events in a literary work

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

If you answer the question correctly and cite two pieces of evidence you will earn full credit.

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

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

Genre with informational facts

The message or moral in a story

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

A character who changes during the story

You should not leave any question unaswered.

A character who stays the same during the story

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

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

I am going to do my best on the state test!

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

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

What acronym can you use to outline your compare contrast essay?

A speaker or character who tells a story

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

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

Struggle between opposing forces

A person, object or action that represents something else

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

A conversation between characters

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

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

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

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

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

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Time and place of a story

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

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

How many paragraphs should your compare contrast extende response have?

Why do you write GIST statements?

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

How many direct quotes should I have in my extended response?

The turning point or high point in a story

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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