7th Grade Language Arts Review

We planned a picnic, but it rained.

lines organized in units of meaning

What is a theme called when it is expressed in many different cultures and time periods?

Which choice is not a form of fiction?

a noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it

Life is a bowl of cherries.

Identify the word that does not belong:

More is to increasing as less is to decreasing

descriptions of how something looks, sounds, feels, tastes, or smells

To: inform, persuade, entertain, teach

Identify the word that does not belong:

expository, persuasive, narrative, descriptive, reflective, humorous, analytical

I browsed in the gift shop. What does the word "browsed" mean?

What type of text is a writing that tells a story?

historical period, physical location, season of the year, time of day, climate, weather

What caused them to be afraid?

What root means: to hear

Identify the adverbs: I moved slowly, but I will get it finished later.

Recipes, directions, menus and applications are what form of nonfiction?

a figure of speech giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

The narrator is not a character in the story, but tells what each character thinks and feels.

a writer's word choice and the way the writer puts those words together

Synonym for the word: dismal

What type of clause: When raindrops fall, it sounds like music.

Fiction texts often present a message about life called:

consists of the ideas and feelings that the word brings to mind

Today I talk.

expression with a meaning that is different from the meaning of the actual words (idiom)

We have talked often.

What prefix means: wrong, not

The words and phrases surrounding a word that can help you understand a word you do not know?

Preposition: Among their people, hording was considered shameful.

Don't jump to conclusions about people.

What is an example of literary nonfiction?

presents events in the order in which they happened

An analogy shows the relationship between a pair of words or phrases

Irony: literary element that involves a contradiction or contrast of some kind

I went to the store and found Becky in the baking aisle getting flour.

The ___________ of the story is the time and place of the action.

Translucent means:

Identify the infinitive: Weasels like to eat ducklings.

Identify the subject and predicate: Civil rights laws caused many positive changes.

use a comma:

Jennifer Johnson, Phoenix, Pizza Hut

joins the subject of a sentence with a word or phrase that describes or renames the subejct

A ____________ is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

a conclusion you draw about something that is not directly stated.

me, us, you, him, her, it, them

tries to solve the conflict but faces obstacles that prevent an easy solution

My love is like a red, red rose.

a brief statement that presents only the central ideas and most important details of a text.

a long uninterrupted speech spoken by one character to another

They made snowballs and threw them at a young ____________ windshield.

takes place within the mind of a character (struggles to make a decision/take action/overcome)

Which sentence contains an interjection?

What suffix means: without

A struggle between a character and an outside force

What part of speech tells the name of a person, place of thing?

the use of words that imitate sounds

What are elements of nonfiction?

making an intelligent judgment about what will happen next in a story based on text details

The ______________ impact startled the driver.

What is the verb: Kuo-Haya felt shy in front of the other boys.

restatements, examples, definitions, and contrasting details are all tools called:

plot

Carter discovered a buried staircase that led to a sealed tomb. Context clue for "sealed":

Purpose for reading

Pick the adjective: We saw Kathy's play and it included fifty actors.

Possessive Pronoun: a pronoun that shows possession or ownership

I, we, you, he, she, it, they

the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of words

The narrator is a character who participates in the story.

He still loves Annabel Lee, even though she has died.

The highest point of tension in a story

Which word is an antonym of communal?

Promote

What is the personal pronoun: When Margot talked about the sun, she came to life.

Studying hard is a good strategy for passing a test.

conversation between two characters

Which sentence is written correctly?